speculare

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /spe.kuˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spe‧cu‧là‧re

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin speculāris.

Adjective[edit]

speculare (plural speculari)

  1. (relational) mirror; specular
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin speculārī.

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Verb[edit]

speculàre (first-person singular present spèculo, first-person singular past historic speculài, past participle speculàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to speculate [+ su (object) = about] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, finance) to speculate [+ su (object) = on] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to profit from, to take advantage of, to exploit [+ su (object)] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to inquire philosophically into, to investigate philosophically, to speculate about (a subject)
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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

speculāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of speculor

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From specula +‎ -re.

Noun[edit]

speculare f (plural speculări)

  1. (business, finance) speculation

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