especular

Borrowed from Latin speculārī.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulí, past participle especulat)

1. (intransitive) to speculate

Borrowed from Latin speculāris.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.pə.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.pə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ]

especular m or f (masculine and feminine plural especulars)

1. specular

• “especular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “especular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “especular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “especular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin speculārī.

• Audio (Alentejo, Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cu‧lar

especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulei, past participle especulado)

1. to speculate
2. to investigate, to search
3. to spy

Borrowed from Latin speculārī.

• IPA^(key): /espekuˈlaɾ/ [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧cu‧lar

especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulé, past participle especulado)

1. to speculate, conjecture

• “especular”, 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