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"to suppose" in seven languages

Meaningto suppose

Spanish

suponer

/supoˈneɾ/

learned

Conjugated like poner: supongo, supuse.

French

supposer

/sypoze/

learned

Remade on poser 'to put'.

Italian

supporre

/supˈporre/

learned

Conjugated like porre: suppongo, supposi.

Portuguese

supor

/suˈpoh/

learned

Conjugated like pôr: suponho, supus.

Romanian

presupune

/presuˈpune/

other source · Romanian pre- + supune 'to subject' (inherited from SUPPŌNERE), modelled on French présupposer

Bănui is just as common in speech.

Catalan

suposar

/supuˈza/

learned

Remade on posar 'to put', as in French.

English

suppose

/səˈpoʊz/

from Latin/French · Old French supposer

English → Italianto supposesupporreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.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

To suppose is 'to put something underneath' as a basis. Each sister rebuilt it on its own verb 'to put', so it inherits that verb's irregular forms.

English relatives: supposition, position, propose, deposit

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In a sentence

  • esSupongo que tienes razón.
  • frJe suppose que tu as raison.
  • itSuppongo che tu abbia ragione.
  • ptSuponho que você tem razão.
  • roPresupun că ai dreptate.
  • caSuposo que tens raó.
  • enI suppose you're right.

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