predecir
verbUpper-intermediate
What does “predecir” mean in English?
to predict, to forecast
to predict, to forecast (predecir que + indicative — assert a future outcome based on analysis or evidence)
Example sentences
Los modelos climáticos predicen un aumento significativo de las temperaturas en las próximas décadas.
Climate models predict a significant rise in temperatures over the coming decades.
Nadie podía haber predicho el alcance de la crisis financiera de 2008.
Nobody could have predicted the scale of the 2008 financial crisis.
How to use it
Predecir means 'to predict'. Irregular: yo predigo, él predice (like decir compounds). Structure: predecir que + indicative (asserting a prediction) or predecir + noun. Common in scientific, economic, and journalistic registers. More formal than pronosticar and augurar.
Common mistake
Predecir is a compound of decir: yo predigo, tú predices, nosotros predecimos. The past participle is predicho. Pronosticar (forecast — weather/data) and vaticinar (foretell — literary) are stylistic variants, not synonyms.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes (Instituto Cervantes), B2 Funciones 6.12.