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"to assume (suppose)" in seven languages

Meaningto assume (suppose)

Spanish

suponer

/supoˈneɾ/

learned

Conjugates like poner: supongo, supuse.

French

supposer

/sypoze/

learned

Italian

supporre

/supˈporre/

learned

Conjugates like porre: suppongo.

Portuguese

supor

/suˈpoh/

learned

Romanian

presupune

/presuˈpune/

inherited

Built in Romanian from pre- + supune (SUPPŌNERE, inherited), after French présupposer.

Catalan

suposar

/supuˈza/

learned

Reshaped on posar 'to put'.

English

assume

/əˈsum/

other source · Latin ASSŪMERE 'to take up'

English → Italianto assume (suppose)supporreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: suppose, position, deposit.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SUPPŌNERE‘to put under; to substitute’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

The sisters 'suppose' rather than 'assume': es asumir, fr assumer, it assumere mean to take on (a role, a responsibility).

English relatives: suppose, position, deposit

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In a sentence

  • esSupongo que estás cansado.
  • frJe suppose que tu es fatigué.
  • itSuppongo che tu sia stanco.
  • ptSuponho que você esteja cansado.
  • roPresupun că ești obosit.
  • caSuposo que estàs cansat.
  • enI assume you're tired.

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