sospechar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin suspectāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sospeˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [sos.peˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sos‧pe‧char

Verb

sospechar (first-person singular present sospecho, first-person singular preterite sospeché, past participle sospechado)

1. to suspect
2. to be on to (+ de)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sospechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sospechar
gerund			sospechando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sospechado		sospechada
		plural		sospechados		sospechadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sospecho	sospechastú sospechásvos	sospecha	sospechamos	sospecháis	sospechan
	imperfect	sospechaba	sospechabas	sospechaba	sospechábamos	sospechabais	sospechaban
	preterite	sospeché	sospechaste	sospechó	sospechamos	sospechasteis	sospecharon
	future	sospecharé	sospecharás	sospechará	sospecharemos	sospecharéis	sospecharán
	conditional	sospecharía	sospecharías	sospecharía	sospecharíamos	sospecharíais	sospecharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sospeche	sospechestú sospechésvos2	sospeche	sospechemos	sospechéis	sospechen
	imperfect (ra)	sospechara	sospecharas	sospechara	sospecháramos	sospecharais	sospecharan
	imperfect (se)	sospechase	sospechases	sospechase	sospechásemos	sospechaseis	sospechasen
	future1	sospechare	sospechares	sospechare	sospecháremos	sospechareis	sospecharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sospechatú sospechávos	sospeche	sospechemos	sospechad	sospechen
	negative		no sospeches	no sospeche	no sospechemos	no sospechéis	no sospechen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sospechar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sospechar
	dative	sospecharme	sospecharte	sospecharle, sospecharse	sospecharnos	sospecharos	sospecharles, sospecharse
	accusative	sospecharme	sospecharte	sospecharlo, sospecharla, sospecharse	sospecharnos	sospecharos	sospecharlos, sospecharlas, sospecharse
with gerund sospechando
	dative	sospechándome	sospechándote	sospechándole, sospechándose	sospechándonos	sospechándoos	sospechándoles, sospechándose
	accusative	sospechándome	sospechándote	sospechándolo, sospechándola, sospechándose	sospechándonos	sospechándoos	sospechándolos, sospechándolas, sospechándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sospecha
	dative	sospéchame	sospéchate	sospéchale	sospéchanos	not used	sospéchales
	accusative	sospéchame	sospéchate	sospéchalo, sospéchala	sospéchanos	not used	sospéchalos, sospéchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sospechá
	dative	sospechame	sospechate	sospechale	sospechanos	not used	sospechales
	accusative	sospechame	sospechate	sospechalo, sospechala	sospechanos	not used	sospechalos, sospechalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sospeche
	dative	sospécheme	not used	sospéchele, sospéchese	sospéchenos	not used	sospécheles
	accusative	sospécheme	not used	sospéchelo, sospéchela, sospéchese	sospéchenos	not used	sospéchelos, sospéchelas
with first-person plural imperative sospechemos
	dative	not used	sospechémoste	sospechémosle	sospechémonos	sospechémoos	sospechémosles
	accusative	not used	sospechémoste	sospechémoslo, sospechémosla	sospechémonos	sospechémoos	sospechémoslos, sospechémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sospechad
	dative	sospechadme	not used	sospechadle	sospechadnos	sospechaos	sospechadles
	accusative	sospechadme	not used	sospechadlo, sospechadla	sospechadnos	sospechaos	sospechadlos, sospechadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sospechen
	dative	sospéchenme	not used	sospéchenle	sospéchennos	not used	sospéchenles, sospéchense
	accusative	sospéchenme	not used	sospéchenlo, sospéchenla	sospéchennos	not used	sospéchenlos, sospéchenlas, sospéchense

Related terms

• sospecha
• sospechable
• sospechoso
• suspicacia
• suspicaz

 

Further reading

• “sospechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28