especular

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin speculārī. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pə.kuˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ] ==== Verb ==== especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulí, past participle especulat) (intransitive) to speculate ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin speculāris. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central) [əs.pə.kuˈlar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.pə.kuˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ] ==== Adjective ==== especular m or f (masculine and feminine plural especulars) specular === Further reading === “especular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “especular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “especular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “especular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin speculārī. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cu‧lar === Verb === especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulei, past participle especulado) to speculate to investigate, to search to spy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “especular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “especular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin speculārī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espekuˈlaɾ/ [es.pe.kuˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧pe‧cu‧lar === Verb === especular (first-person singular present especulo, first-person singular preterite especulé, past participle especulado) to speculate, conjecture ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “especular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025