/sospeˈtʃaɾ/
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Translation
to suspect
Word origin
From Latin suspectare, a frequentative of suspicere ('to look up at, to mistrust'). The same root gives English 'suspect' and 'suspicion'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- suspectare
- English cognates
- suspect, suspicion
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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The police suspect the next-door neighbour.
mintiendo.
I suspect they are lying to us.
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Nobody suspected anything of what had happened.
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Do you suspect anyone in particular?
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She began to suspect when he arrived late again.
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