guess

adivinar

guess(gehs)

transitive verb

1. (to try to come up with the answer)

a. adivinar

Sara guessed which card I had picked.

Sara adivinó la carta que había elegido.

2. (to suppose)

a. suponer

I guess we should clean the house.

Supongo que deberíamos limpiar la casa.

3. (to estimate)

a. calcular

I don't know how long is the journey. I'd guess it's two hours.

No sé cuánto dura el viaje. Calculo que dos horas.

intransitive verb

4. (to postulate)

a. adivinar

If you don't know, you can guess.

Si no lo sabes, puedes adivinar.

noun

5. (estimate)

a. la suposición

(F)

My guess was wrong as they arrived at three o'clock.

Mi suposición fue incorrecta ya que llegaron a las tres.

b.

no direct translation

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.

guess

Noun

1. (general)

a. la conjetura f, suposición

(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

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

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

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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