fortunes russian

• гада́ть

  to guess, to conjecture, to speculate, to surmise

  to tell fortunes, to read cards, to practise divination

• погада́ть

  to tell fortunes, to read someone's fortune, to divine

  to guess, to surmise, to conjecture, to speculate

• 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

• гада́вший

  fortune-telling, divining, who was telling fortunes

  guessing, conjecturing, who was guessing

• погада́вший

  who has told fortunes, who has divined

Examples

• Здесь без Бо́га никто не живёт. При бе́дах, при ра́достях всё вре́мя опира́ются на Бо́га.

  Nobody here lives an atheistic life. During disasters and during fortunes everyone relies on God.

• Она была́ со мной и в горе, и в ра́дости.

  She has been with me through the ebb and flow of my fortunes.

• Э́та война́ дли́лась шесть ме́сяцев с переме́нным успе́хом для обеих сторо́н.

  This war lasted six months, with varying fortunes for both sides.

• В святки принято гадать и веселиться.

  During the Christmas season, it is customary to tell fortunes and have fun.

• Гадальщик на площади предсказывал людям судьбу.

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

• Бабушка, гадающая на картах, живёт в соседнем доме.

  The grandmother who tells fortunes with cards lives in the neighboring house.

• Девушка, гадающая на кофейной гуще, рассказала мне будущее.

  The girl who told fortunes by reading coffee grounds told me my future.

• В деревне жила старушка, гадающая всем желающим.

  An old woman who told fortunes for anyone who wanted lived in the village.

• Бабушка, раскладывавшая карты на столе, гадала внукам.

  The grandmother laying out cards on the table was telling her grandchildren's fortunes.

• Он был человеком, прокучивавшим целые состояния за одну ночь.

  He was the kind of man who would squander entire fortunes in a single night.

• Он говорил о людях, разживавшихся в те трудные годы.

  He spoke about people who had made their fortunes during those difficult years.

• Старуха любила ворожить по картам.

  The old woman liked telling fortunes with cards.

• Она гадала и ворожила при свечах.

  She told fortunes by candlelight.

• Мой сосед считает себя оккультистом и гадает на картах.

  My neighbor considers himself an occultist and reads fortunes with cards.