fortune-telling russian

• гада́ние

  fortune-telling, divination, palmistry, card reading

  guessing, guesswork, conjecture, speculation

• прогада́ть

  to miscalculate, to lose out, to make a bad bargain, to misjudge

  to spend money on fortune-telling, to spend time telling fortunes

• ворожи́ть

  to tell fortunes, to divine, to practise fortune-telling, to do magic

• ворожба́

  sorcery, witchcraft, casting spells, charming (folk healing)

  fortune-telling, divination

• гада́льный

  divinatory, fortune-telling

• гада́тельный

  conjectural, hypothetical, doubtful, problematic

  fortune-telling, divinatory

• гада́ющий

  fortune-telling, divining

• гада́вший

  fortune-telling, divining, who was telling fortunes

  guessing, conjecturing, who was guessing

• прога́дывать

  to miscalculate, to misjudge, to lose out

  to spend money on fortune-telling

Examples

• Она верит в гадание на кофейной гуще.

  She believes in fortune-telling with coffee grounds.

• Гадание на будущее было простым развлечением.

  Fortune-telling about the future was just a simple form of entertainment.

• Бабушка занималась ворожбой и гаданием на картах.

  Grandmother practiced sorcery and fortune-telling with cards.

• Святочные гадания были популярны в старину.

  Fortune-telling during the Christmas season was popular in the old days.

• Гадальщик на площади предсказывал людям судьбу.

  The fortune-teller in the square was telling people’s fortunes.

• Она купила гадальные карты на рынке.

  She bought fortune-telling cards at the market.

• На столе лежала гадальная книга её бабушки.

  Her grandmother’s fortune-telling book lay on the table.