спекулировать

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from German spekulieren +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ); see also -и́ровать (-írovatʹ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [spʲɪkʊˈlʲirəvətʲ]

Verb[edit]

спекули́ровать (spekulírovatʹimpf

  1. (financial) to speculate, to profiteer, to gamble (in)
  2. (figurative) to exploit, to take advantage of
  3. to speculate (on)

Usage notes[edit]

Until fairly recently, спекули́ровать in Russian was used only in the financial sense: to make opportunistic investments. However, the word has increasingly adopted and been used with the additional English meaning: to make conclusions based on incomplete data.

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