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spekulál

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German spekulieren, from Latin speculari.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpɛkulaːl]
  • Hyphenation: spe‧ku‧lál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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spekulál

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to speculate (to think, meditate or reflect on a subject)
    Synonyms: töpreng, gondolkodik, elmélkedik, töri a fejét
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to speculate (to weigh, consider, deliberate)
    Synonyms: mérlegel, tervez, számítgat
  3. (intransitive, derogatory) to speculate (to make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble)
    Synonyms: üzérkedik, nyerészkedik

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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