Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especulo | |
| tú | especulas | |
| él / ella / usted | especula | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especulamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especuláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especulan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especulé | |
| tú | especulaste | |
| él / ella / usted | especuló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especulamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especulasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especularon |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especulaba | |
| tú | especulabas | |
| él / ella / usted | especulaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especulábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especulabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especulaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especularé | |
| tú | especularás | |
| él / ella / usted | especulará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especularemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especularéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especularán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especularía | |
| tú | especularías | |
| él / ella / usted | especularía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especularíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especularíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especularían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | especule | |
| tú | especules | |
| él / ella / usted | especule | |
| nosotros / nosotras | especulemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | especuléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | especulen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to speculate, conjecture
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations