Definitions tagged predecir in the street dictionary.
To unintentionally embarrass someone or put them in an awkward spot by mentioning them. It also means to jinx an outcome by predicting it, causing the opposite to happen.
You la quemaste: You said it was going to be sunny on Sunday and it did not stop raining all day.
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This is when someone tells you something that has not happened yet, insisting it will occur as if they have already seen the future. It is a common habit of busybody neighborhood ladies who love to make unsolicited, often judgmental predictions about others (the term dona refers to an older woman in the community).
Mrs. Josefa: That girl is going to end up pregnant, she moves around too much, she has an itch inside her. Mario: Ma am, there you go vaticinando as if you were a witch, that girl is only 12, stop talking like that.
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A person who is believed to have a jinx or the power to make things happen just by mentioning them, especially regarding bad luck or negative predictions. (In Dominican folklore, goats are sometimes associated with bad omens or the supernatural).
A: Juan, do not go to La Romana. B: Look, you better listen to him because that guy is a boca e chivo. C: Well, I am not going then.
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