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profetizzare

to prophesy, to foretell

verb proh-feh-teed-DZAH-reh Rare
Communication Speech

Origin: From profeta (prophet), from Greek prophetes.

Usage Note

Profetizzare means to predict or prophesy, often with a solemn or ironic register. It conjugates regularly (-are, first conjugation). The noun profezia (prophecy, f) is its nominal counterpart. In everyday Italian it can be used ironically: non ci vuole un profeta per profetizzare questo (you don't need a prophet to predict this).

Examples

"Nessuno osava profetizzare la fine del regime."

Natural Translation

No one dared prophesy the end of the regime.

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