Especular

to speculate

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

especular

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

especulando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

especulado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especulo I speculate	I speculate
tú	especulas you speculate	you speculate
él/ella/usted	especula he/she/you speculates	he/she/you speculates
nosotros	especulamos we speculate	we speculate
vosotros	especuláis you all speculate	you all speculate
ellos/ustedes	especulan they/you all speculate	they/you all speculate

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especulaba I used to speculate	I used to speculate
tú	especulabas you used to speculate	you used to speculate
él/ella/usted	especulaba he/she/you used to speculate	he/she/you used to speculate
nosotros	especulábamos we used to speculate	we used to speculate
vosotros	especulabais you all used to speculate	you all used to speculate
ellos/ustedes	especulaban they/you all used to speculate	they/you all used to speculate

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especulé I speculated	I speculated
tú	especulaste you speculated	you speculated
él/ella/usted	especuló he/she/you speculated	he/she/you speculated
nosotros	especulamos we speculated	we speculated
vosotros	especulasteis you all speculated	you all speculated
ellos/ustedes	especularon they/you all speculated	they/you all speculated

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especularé I will speculate	I will speculate
tú	especularás you will speculate	you will speculate
él/ella/usted	especulará he/she/you will speculate	he/she/you will speculate
nosotros	especularemos we will speculate	we will speculate
vosotros	especularéis you all will speculate	you all will speculate
ellos/ustedes	especularán they/you all will speculate	they/you all will speculate

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especularía I would speculate	I would speculate
tú	especularías you would speculate	you would speculate
él/ella/usted	especularía he/she/you would speculate	he/she/you would speculate
nosotros	especularíamos we would speculate	we would speculate
vosotros	especularíais you all would speculate	you all would speculate
ellos/ustedes	especularían they/you all would speculate	they/you all would speculate

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especule that I speculate	that I speculate
tú	especules that you speculate	that you speculate
él/ella/usted	especule that he/she/you speculate	that he/she/you speculate
nosotros	especulemos that we speculate	that we speculate
vosotros	especuléis that you all speculate	that you all speculate
ellos/ustedes	especulen that they/you all speculate	that they/you all speculate

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	especulara or especulase that I speculated	that I speculated
tú	especularas or especulases that you speculated	that you speculated
él/ella/usted	especulara or especulase that he/she/you speculated	that he/she/you speculated
nosotros	especuláramos or especulásemos that we speculated	that we speculated
vosotros	especularais or especulaseis that you all speculated	that you all speculated
ellos/ustedes	especularan or especulasen that they/you all speculated	that they/you all speculated

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he especulado I have speculated	I have speculated
tú	has especulado you have speculated	you have speculated
él/ella/usted	ha especulado he/she/you have speculated	he/she/you have speculated
nosotros	hemos especulado we have speculated	we have speculated
vosotros	habéis especulado you all have speculated	you all have speculated
ellos/ustedes	han especulado they/you all have speculated	they/you all have speculated

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había especulado I had speculated	I had speculated
tú	habías especulado you had speculated	you had speculated
él/ella/usted	había especulado he/she/you had speculated	he/she/you had speculated
nosotros	habíamos especulado we had speculated	we had speculated
vosotros	habíais especulado you all had speculated	you all had speculated
ellos/ustedes	habían especulado they/you all had speculated	they/you all had speculated

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube especulado I had speculated	I had speculated
tú	hubiste especulado you had speculated	you had speculated
él/ella/usted	hubo especulado he/she/you had speculated	he/she/you had speculated
nosotros	hubimos especulado we had speculated	we had speculated
vosotros	hubisteis especulado you all had speculated	you all had speculated
ellos/ustedes	hubieron especulado they/you all had speculated	they/you all had speculated

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré especulado I will have speculated	I will have speculated
tú	habrás especulado you will have speculated	you will have speculated
él/ella/usted	habrá especulado he/she/you will have speculated	he/she/you will have speculated
nosotros	habremos especulado we will have speculated	we will have speculated
vosotros	habréis especulado you all will have speculated	you all will have speculated
ellos/ustedes	habrán especulado they/you all will have speculated	they/you all will have speculated

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría especulado I would have speculated	I would have speculated
tú	habrías especulado you would have speculated	you would have speculated
él/ella/usted	habría especulado he/she/you would have speculated	he/she/you would have speculated
nosotros	habríamos especulado we would have speculated	we would have speculated
vosotros	habríais especulado you all would have speculated	you all would have speculated
ellos/ustedes	habrían especulado they/you all would have speculated	they/you all would have speculated

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya especulado that I have speculated	that I have speculated
tú	hayas especulado that you have speculated	that you have speculated
él/ella/usted	haya especulado that he/she/you have speculated	that he/she/you have speculated
nosotros	hayamos especulado that we have speculated	that we have speculated
vosotros	hayáis especulado that you all have speculated	that you all have speculated
ellos/ustedes	hayan especulado that they/you all have speculated	that they/you all have speculated

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera especulado that I had speculated	that I had speculated
tú	hubieras especulado that you had speculated	that you had speculated
él/ella/usted	hubiera especulado that he/she/you had speculated	that he/she/you had speculated
nosotros	hubiéramos especulado that we had speculated	that we had speculated
vosotros	hubierais especulado that you all had speculated	that you all had speculated
ellos/ustedes	hubieran especulado that they/you all had speculated	that they/you all had speculated

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	especula	speculate! (you)
usted	especule	speculate! (you formal)
nosotros	especulemos	let's speculate!
vosotros	especulad	speculate! (you all)
ustedes	especulen	speculate! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no especules	don't speculate! (you)
usted	no especule	don't speculate! (you formal)
nosotros	no especulemos	let's not speculate!
vosotros	no especuléis	don't speculate! (you all)
ustedes	no especulen	don't speculate! (you all)

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