English-Spanish translations for omen

• presagio
  Sin embargo, hay que dar buenos presagios. It must be a good omen, though!
  ¿Debemos ver en ello un buen presagio? Should we see this as a good omen?
  Los presagios no son del todo buenos. The omens are not entirely good.
• ominar
• presagió

Definition of omen

• Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury
• A thing of prophetic significance
• To be an omen of

Synonyms

• portent
• sign
• signal
• token
• forewarning
• warning
• danger
• foreshadowing
• prediction
• forecast
• prophecy
• harbinger
• augury
• auspice
• presage
• straw in the wind
• writing on the wall
• indication
• hint
• foretoken

Examples

• the ghosts appearance was an ill omen
• a rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery
• the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
• a sign of ill omen

Related words

• women
• moment
• abdomen
• momentum
• phenomenon
• promenade
• phenomenal
• momentous
• momentary