The Top English Grammar Tips From A–Z
nombre masculino
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imagínate que te toca la lotería, es un suponer, ¿qué harías? — imagine you won the lottery, just supposing, what would you do?- si la empresa quebrara, es un suponer, … — just suppose / just supposing the company were to go bankrupt, …
- si la empresa quebrara, es un suponer, … — just suppose / just supposing the company were to go bankrupt, …
verbo transitivo
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1.1(tomar como hipótesis)
to supposesupongamos que lo que dice es cierto — let's suppose / assume what he says is true- suponiendo que todo salga como está previsto — assuming everything goes according to plan
- supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales — let us suppose / assume that both angles are equal
- ni aun suponiendo que fuera verdad, no tiene derecho a hablar así — even supposing it were true, he has no right to talk like that
- suponiendo que todo salga como está previsto — assuming everything goes according to plan
1.2(imaginar)
supuse que ibas a comprarlo tú — I thought / presumed / assumed you were going to buy it- supongo que tienes razón — I suppose you're right
- nada hacía suponer que ocurriría una cosa así — there was nothing to suggest / there was no reason to suppose that something like that would happen
- ¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí — is she coming today? — I should think so / I imagine so
- es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho — presumably / I should think / I would assume / I would imagine he's been told
- era de suponer que se lo iban a dar — it was to be expected that they would give it to him
- se supone que tendría que empezar a las nueve — it's supposed to start at nine
- ¿dónde se supone que vamos? — where are we supposed / meant to be going?
- supongo que tienes razón — I suppose you're right
1.3(atribuir)
le suponía más edad — I imagined / thought he was older- se le suponen propiedades medicinales — it is believed / held to have medicinal qualities
- al cuadro se le suponía un valor aproximado de … — the painting was thought to be worth approximately …
- se le suponen propiedades medicinales — it is believed / held to have medicinal qualities
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(significar, implicar)to meanel proyecto supondrá una inversión de cinco millones de dólares — the project will mean an investment of five million dollars- la preparación del congreso supuso cinco meses de trabajo — the preparation for the convention involved / took five months' work
- eso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio — that would mean having to start from the beginning again
- ese negocio no le supuso ningún beneficio — that deal didn't make him any profit
- no me supone problema ninguno/ninguna molestia — it's no trouble at all
- el traslado nos va a suponer muchos inconvenientes — the move will cause us a great deal of inconvenience
- la preparación del congreso supuso cinco meses de trabajo — the preparation for the convention involved / took five months' work
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