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portends

How many syllables in portends?

  2 syllables

How to say portends:

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What rhymes with portends

1 syllable
  • bends
  • ends
  • friend's
  • lends
  • pends
  • sends
  • tends
  • wend
  • blends
  • fends
  • friends
  • mends
  • rends
  • spends
  • trends
2 syllables
  • amends
  • attends
  • commends
  • defends
  • descends
  • intends
  • pretends
  • transcends
  • ascends
  • befriends
  • contends
  • depends
  • extends
  • offends
  • suspends
3 syllables
4 syllables
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