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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spe.kuˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spe‧cu‧là‧re
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin speculāris.
Adjective
speculare (plural speculari)
- (relational) mirror; specular
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin speculārī.
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Verb
speculàre (first-person singular present spèculo, first-person singular past historic speculài, past participle speculàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to speculate
- (intransitive, finance) to speculate
- (intransitive, figurative) to profit from, to take advantage of, to exploit
- (transitive) to inquire philosophically into, to investigate philosophically, to speculate about (a subject)
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Latin
Verb
speculāre
- second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of speculor
Romanian
Etymology
From specula + -re.
Noun
speculare f (plural speculări)
- (business, finance) speculation
Declension