especular
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin speculārī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulí, past participle especulat)
- (intransitive) to speculate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of especular (first conjugation)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin speculāris.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.pə.kuˈlar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.pə.kuˈla]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ]
Adjective
[edit]especular m or f (masculine and feminine plural especulars)
Further reading
[edit]- “especular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “especular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “especular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “especular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin speculārī.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cu‧lar
Verb
[edit]especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulei, past participle especulado)
- to speculate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of especular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin speculārī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulé, past participle especulado)
- to speculate, conjecture
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of especular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of especular
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “especular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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