I suppose we should wash the dishes because they're starting to pile up.Me imagino que deberíamos lavar los platos porque están empezando a amontonarse.
let us suppose thatsupongamos que;pongamos por caso que;but just suppose he's righty ¿si tiene razón?;supposing it rains, what shall we do?pongamos que llueve, entonces ¿qué hacemos?;always supposing he comessiempre y cuando venga;even supposing that were trueaun en el caso de que fuera verdad
2(assume, believe)suponer;creer
I suppose she'll comesupongo que vendrá;I don't suppose she'll comeno creo que venga;you'll accept, I suppose?aceptarás, supongo, ¿no?;who do you suppose was there?¿quién crees tú que estaba allí?;you don't suppose they'd start without us, do you?no empezarán sin nosotros, ¿verdad?
I suppose so/notsupongo que sí/no
3
to be supposed to do sth: you're supposed to be in bed by tentendrías que estar acostado a las diez;you're not supposed to do thatno deberías hacer eso;you're supposed to be my friend!¡yo creía que eras mi amigo!;what am I supposed to have done wrong now?¿qué se supone que he hecho mal ahora?;what's that supposed to mean?¿qué quieres decir con eso?;he's supposed to be an expertse le supone un experto
4(in requests, suggestions)
do you suppose we could take a lunch break now?¿podríamos hacer un descanso para almorzar ahora?;do you suppose you could wrap this up for me?¿podrías envolverme esto?;I don't suppose you could lend me ten pounds¿no podrías prestarme diez libras?;suppose we talk about something else now¿y si hablamos sobre algo distinto ahora?