sospechar
Spanish, verb/sospeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
sospechar is spelled S-O-S-P-E-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sospechar is a Spanish verb meaning “to suspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suponer, imaginar o formar una opinión o juicio a partir de ciertos indicios o conjeturas”.
What does sospechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suspect
- 2
to be on to (+ de)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Suponer, imaginar o formar una opinión o juicio a partir de ciertos indicios o conjeturas.
verb: 1. Dudar o recelar de una persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sospechar
- sospecho first-person present singular
- sospeché first-person preterite singular
- sospechado participle past
- sospechando gerund
- sospechada feminine participle past
- sospechados masculine participle past
- sospechadas feminine participle past
- sospechas indicative informal present
- sospechás indicative informal present
- sospecha indicative present singular
- sospechamos first-person indicative plural
- sospecháis indicative plural present
- sospechan indicative plural present
- sospechaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sospechabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sospechábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sospechabais imperfect indicative plural
- sospechaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sospechar?
- /sospeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [sos.peˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [sospeˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sospechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sospechar in Spanish?
sospechar appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).