adivinar

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See also: adiviñar

Asturian

Pronunciation

Verb

adivinar (first-person singular indicative present adivino, past participle adivináu)

  1. Alternative form of aldovinar

Conjugation

Conjugation of adivinar
infinitive adivinar
gerund adivinando
past participle m adivináu, f adivinada, n adivinao, m pl adivinaos, f pl adivinaes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present adivino adivines adivina adivinamos adivináis adivinen
imperfect adivinaba adivinabes adivinaba adivinábemos, adivinábamos adivinabeis, adivinabais adivinaben
preterite adiviné adivinasti, adivinesti adivinó adivinemos adivinastis, adivinestis adivinaron
pluperfect adivinare, adivinara adivinares, adivinaras adivinare, adivinara adivináremos, adivináramos adivinareis, adivinarais adivinaren, adivinaran
future adivinaré adivinarás adivinará adivinaremos adivinaréis adivinarán
conditional adivinaría adivinaríes adivinaría adivinaríemos, adivinaríamos adivinaríeis, adivinaríais adivinaríen
subjunctive present adivine adivines, adivinas adivine adivinemos adivinéis adivinen, adivinan
imperfect adivinare, adivinara adivinares, adivinaras adivinare, adivinara adivináremos, adivináramos adivinareis, adivinarais adivinaren, adivinaran
imperative — adivina — — adivinái —

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish adevinar, inherited from Latin addīvīnāre, from ad- + dīvīnāre. Compare Portuguese adivinhar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adibiˈnaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧di‧vi‧nar

Verb

adivinar (first-person singular present adivino, first-person singular preterite adiviné, past participle adivinado)

  1. to guess
    Synonym: conjeturar
    ¿A qué no adivina usted lo que me ha ocurrido hoy?
    I'll bet you can't guess what happened to me today.
  2. to divine, to foretell
  3. to discern
    Synonym: discernir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adivinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive adivinar
gerund adivinando
past participle masculine feminine
singular adivinado adivinada
plural adivinados adivinadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present adivino adivinastú
adivinásvos 		adivina adivinamos adivináis adivinan
imperfect adivinaba adivinabas adivinaba adivinábamos adivinabais adivinaban
preterite adiviné adivinaste adivinó adivinamos adivinasteis adivinaron
future adivinaré adivinarás adivinará adivinaremos adivinaréis adivinarán
conditional adivinaría adivinarías adivinaría adivinaríamos adivinaríais adivinarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present adivine adivinestú
adivinésvos2 		adivine adivinemos adivinéis adivinen
imperfect
(ra) 		adivinara adivinaras adivinara adivináramos adivinarais adivinaran
imperfect
(se) 		adivinase adivinases adivinase adivinásemos adivinaseis adivinasen
future1 adivinare adivinares adivinare adivináremos adivinareis adivinaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative adivinatú
adivinávos 		adivine adivinemos adivinad adivinen
negative no adivines no adivine no adivinemos no adivinéis no adivinen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adivinar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive adivinar dative adivinarme adivinarte adivinarle, adivinarse adivinarnos adivinaros adivinarles, adivinarse
accusative adivinarme adivinarte adivinarlo, adivinarla, adivinarse adivinarnos adivinaros adivinarlos, adivinarlas, adivinarse
with gerund adivinando dative adivinándome adivinándote adivinándole, adivinándose adivinándonos adivinándoos adivinándoles, adivinándose
accusative adivinándome adivinándote adivinándolo, adivinándola, adivinándose adivinándonos adivinándoos adivinándolos, adivinándolas, adivinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adivina dative adivíname adivínate adivínale adivínanos not used adivínales
accusative adivíname adivínate adivínalo, adivínala adivínanos not used adivínalos, adivínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adiviná dative adiviname adivinate adivinale adivinanos not used adivinales
accusative adiviname adivinate adivinalo, adivinala adivinanos not used adivinalos, adivinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adivine dative adivíneme not used adivínele, adivínese adivínenos not used adivíneles
accusative adivíneme not used adivínelo, adivínela, adivínese adivínenos not used adivínelos, adivínelas
with first-person plural imperative adivinemos dative not used adivinémoste adivinémosle adivinémonos adivinémoos adivinémosles
accusative not used adivinémoste adivinémoslo, adivinémosla adivinémonos adivinémoos adivinémoslos, adivinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adivinad dative adivinadme not used adivinadle adivinadnos adivinaos adivinadles
accusative adivinadme not used adivinadlo, adivinadla adivinadnos adivinaos adivinadlos, adivinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adivinen dative adivínenme not used adivínenle adivínennos not used adivínenles, adivínense
accusative adivínenme not used adivínenlo, adivínenla adivínennos not used adivínenlos, adivínenlas, adivínense

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Neapolitan: addivinà

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