Meanings (ES + gloss)
adivinación • adivinamiento • conjetura • cábala • presunción • sospecha • suposición
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
"But I shall have eleven guesses," answered Ozma. "Surely I ought to guess one object in eleven correctly; and, if I do, I shall rescue one of the royal family and be safe myself.…
If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
adivinar • barruntar • conjeturar • sospechar
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.
We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
adivinar • deducir
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
You guessed the right answer!
imaginarse • presumir • suponer
to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
Not all together; better far, I guess, / That we do make our entrance several ways.
That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
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