speculare

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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)

  1. (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)

  1. (intransitive) to speculate
  2. (intransitive, finance) to speculate
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to profit from, to take advantage of, to exploit
  4. (transitive) to inquire philosophically into, to investigate philosophically, to speculate about (a subject)
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Latin

Verb

speculāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of speculor

Romanian

Etymology

From specula +‎ -re.

Noun

speculare f (plural speculări)

  1. (business, finance) speculation

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