conjetura
See also: conjeturá
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒɛˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: con‧je‧tu‧ra
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin coniectūra.
Noun
conjetura f (plural conjeturas) (European Portuguese spelling)
- conjecture (unproven statement; guess)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
conjetura
- inflection of conjeturar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “conjectura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “conjetura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “conjetura”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “conjetura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “conjetura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konxeˈtuɾa/ [kõŋ.xeˈt̪u.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: con‧je‧tu‧ra
Etymology 1
From Latin coniectūra.
Noun
conjetura f (plural conjeturas)
- guess
- conjecture, surmise, speculation
- (in the plural) guesswork
Related terms
- conjeturar (verb)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
conjetura
- inflection of conjeturar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “conjetura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024