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(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

My guess was wrong as they arrived at three o'clock.Mi suposición fue incorrecta ya que llegaron a las tres.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

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How many jellybeans do you think are in the jar? Take a guess!¿Cuántas gominas crees que hay en el frasco? ¡Adivina!

The students made lots of guesses but could not get the answer.Los estudiantes adivinaron muchas veces, pero no acertaron la respuesta.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

4. (to postulate)

a. adivinar

If you don't know, you can guess.Si no lo sabes, puedes adivinar.

guess

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. la conjetura f, suposición

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

to have or make a guessintentar adivinar

at a guessa ojo (de buen cubero)

it was a lucky guesslo he adivinado por casualidad

it's anybody's guessno se sabe

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

2. (estimate)

a. adivinar

guess who I saw!¡adivina a quién he visto!

you've guessed it!¡has acertado!

3. (suppose)

a. suponer

I guess you're rightsupongo que tienes razón

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

4. (general)

a. adivinar

to guess rightacertar

to guess wrongequivocarse, no acertar

to keep somebody guessingtener a alguien en vilo

to guess at somethinghacer suposiciones or conjeturas acerca de algo

guess [ɡes]

noun

(conjecture) conjetura (f); suposición (f); (estimate) estimación (f) aproximada

to make/have a guess adivinar

have a guess I'll give you three guesses a ver si lo adivinas

at a (rough) guess a ojo; my guess is that ... yo creo que ...; it's anybody's guess ¿quién sabe?; your guess is as good as mine! ¡vete a saber!

transitive verb

1 [+answer, meaning] acertar; [+height, weight, number] adivinar

guess what! ¡a que no lo adivinas!; guess who! ¡a ver si adivinas quién soy!; I guessed as much me lo suponía; you've guessed it! ¡has acertado!; I never guessed it was so big nunca supuse que fuera tan grande; I guessed him to be about 20 le eché unos 20 años

2 especially (US) (suppose) creer; suponer

I guess you're right supongo que tienes razón; I guess we'll buy it me imagino que lo compraremos

intransitive verb

1 (make a guess) adivinar; (guess correctly) acertar

you'll never guess no lo adivinarás nunca; he's just guessing no hace más que especular; to keep sb guessing mantener a algn a la expectativa; to guess at sth intentar adivinar algo; all that time we never guessed en todo ese tiempo no lo sospechábamos

2 especially (US) (suppose) suponer; creer

I guess so creo que sí; he's happy, I guess supongo que está contento

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Verb Conjugations for adivinar

Present Participle: adivinando

Past Participle: adivinado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	adivino	adiviné	adivinaba	adivinaría	adivinaré
tú	adivinas	adivinaste	adivinabas	adivinarías	adivinarás
él/ella/Ud.	adivina	adivinó	adivinaba	adivinaría	adivinará
nosotros	adivinamos	adivinamos	adivinábamos	adivinaríamos	adivinaremos
vosotros	adivináis	adivinasteis	adivinabais	adivinaríais	adivinaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	adivinan	adivinaron	adivinaban	adivinarían	adivinarán

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