vate

Definitions of vate
  1. noun
    a lyric poet
    synonyms: bardo
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    type of:
    poeta, versificador
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
  2. noun
    a person who foretells your personal future
    synonyms: adivinador, adivino
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    types:
    quiromántico
    fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
    sibila
    a woman who tells fortunes
    type of:
    pronosticador, vaticinador, vidente
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
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