sospechar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin suspectāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sospeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sos‧pe‧char

Verb

sospechar (first-person singular present sospecho, first-person singular preterite sospeché, past participle sospechado)

  1. to suspect
  2. to be on to (+ de)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sospechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sospechar
gerund sospechando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sospechado sospechada
plural sospechados sospechadas
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 sospecho sospechastú
sospechásvos 		sospecha sospechamos sospecháis sospechan
imperfect sospechaba sospechabas sospechaba sospechábamos sospechabais sospechaban
preterite sospeché sospechaste sospechó sospechamos sospechasteis sospecharon
future sospecharé sospecharás sospechará sospecharemos sospecharéis sospecharán
conditional sospecharía sospecharías sospecharía sospecharíamos sospecharíais sospecharían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sospeche sospechestú
sospechésvos2 		sospeche sospechemos sospechéis sospechen
imperfect
(ra) 		sospechara sospecharas sospechara sospecháramos sospecharais sospecharan
imperfect
(se) 		sospechase sospechases sospechase sospechásemos sospechaseis sospechasen
future1 sospechare sospechares sospechare sospecháremos sospechareis sospecharen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sospechatú
sospechávos 		sospeche sospechemos sospechad sospechen
negative no sospeches no sospeche no sospechemos no sospechéis no sospechen

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

    Selected combined forms of sospechar

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 sospechar
dative sospecharme sospecharte sospecharle, sospecharse sospecharnos sospecharos sospecharles, sospecharse
accusative sospecharme sospecharte sospecharlo, sospecharla, sospecharse sospecharnos sospecharos sospecharlos, sospecharlas, sospecharse
with gerund sospechando
dative sospechándome sospechándote sospechándole, sospechándose sospechándonos sospechándoos sospechándoles, sospechándose
accusative sospechándome sospechándote sospechándolo, sospechándola, sospechándose sospechándonos sospechándoos sospechándolos, sospechándolas, sospechándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sospecha
dative sospéchame sospéchate sospéchale sospéchanos not used sospéchales
accusative sospéchame sospéchate sospéchalo, sospéchala sospéchanos not used sospéchalos, sospéchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sospechá
dative sospechame sospechate sospechale sospechanos not used sospechales
accusative sospechame sospechate sospechalo, sospechala sospechanos not used sospechalos, sospechalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sospeche
dative sospécheme not used sospéchele, sospéchese sospéchenos not used sospécheles
accusative sospécheme not used sospéchelo, sospéchela, sospéchese sospéchenos not used sospéchelos, sospéchelas
with first-person plural imperative sospechemos
dative not used sospechémoste sospechémosle sospechémonos sospechémoos sospechémosles
accusative not used sospechémoste sospechémoslo, sospechémosla sospechémonos sospechémoos sospechémoslos, sospechémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sospechad
dative sospechadme not used sospechadle sospechadnos sospechaos sospechadles
accusative sospechadme not used sospechadlo, sospechadla sospechadnos sospechaos sospechadlos, sospechadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sospechen
dative sospéchenme not used sospéchenle sospéchennos not used sospéchenles, sospéchense
accusative sospéchenme not used sospéchenlo, sospéchenla sospéchennos not used sospéchenlos, sospéchenlas, sospéchense

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