spekular

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ido

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from English speculate, French spéculer, German spekulieren, Italian speculare, Spanish especular, all ultimately from Latin speculātus, past participle of speculor (look out), from specula (watchtower), from specio (look at).

Verb

[edit]

spekular (present tense spekulas, past tense spekulis, future tense spekulos, imperative spekulez, conditional spekulus)

  1. (intransitive) to speculate, theorize
    Quon tu spekulis pri l'evento?
    What have you speculated about the event?

Conjugation

[edit]
[edit]
  • teoriifar (to theorize)
  • ajiotar (to speculate (in shares etc.), trade in securities)