spekular
Ido
Etymology
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
spekular (present tense spekulas, past tense spekulis, future tense spekulos, imperative spekulez, conditional spekulus)
- (intransitive) to speculate, theorize
- Quon tu spekulis pri l'evento?
- What have you speculated about the event?
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spekular | spekulir | spekulor | ||||
| tense | spekulas | spekulis | spekulos | ||||
| conditional | spekulus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | spekulez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | spekulanta | spekulinta | spekulonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | spekulante | spekulinte | spekulonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | spekulanto | spekulinto | spekulonto | |||
| plural | spekulanti | spekulinti | spekulonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | spekulata | spekulita | spekulota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | spekulate | spekulite | spekulote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | spekulato | spekulito | spekuloto | |||
| plural | spekulati | spekuliti | spekuloti | ||||
Related terms
- teoriifar (“to theorize”)
- ajiotar (“to speculate (in shares etc.), trade in securities”)