agüero
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Spanish aguero, from Latin augurium. Doublet of augurio, a borrowing from Latin.
Noun
editagüero m (plural agüeros)
- augury, divination
- forecast, prediction
- omen
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 36:
- La Cuca es un pájaro de mal agüero que sólo vuela de noche. Su grito extraño y espantoso semeja el relincho-rebuzno de la mula, y en la casa donde lo hace oir, muere al poco tiempo una persona.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editagüero
Further reading
edit- “agüero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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