profetizzare
to prophesy, to foretell
verb proh-feh-teed-DZAH-reh Rare
Origin: From profeta (prophet), from Greek prophetes.
Usage Note
Profetizzare means to predict or prophesy, often with a solemn or ironic register. It conjugates regularly (-are, first conjugation). The noun profezia (prophecy, f) is its nominal counterpart. In everyday Italian it can be used ironically: non ci vuole un profeta per profetizzare questo (you don't need a prophet to predict this).
Examples
"Nessuno osava profetizzare la fine del regime."
Natural Translation
No one dared prophesy the end of the regime.
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