It is the third person singular of the past perfect simple ( indefinite ) indicative of the verb portend ( prae: forward, forward and sagio sagis sagire: have good nose ): have good nose ahead. Bode means therefore to anticipate or guess that something will happen in the future, noting these indications. However these signs can be rational or based on experience or common sense or can be based simply on superticiosas ideas, as they used to the Roman priests auguries, then politicians would consult those who frequently and predicted the future by flight or the singing of the birds. So they talked about good or bad omen depending on which birds crossed the sky from left to right or from right to left. In the towns of Castilla y León there is a bird called alcaraban or pernil ( burhinus oedicnemus ) that at dusk it crosses the sky emitting a sound that some considered ominous, since they interpret that he says: " die 34, " die " and it is that we have inherited many things from Rome.
