suponer
Spanish, verb/supoˈneɾ/
suponer is spelled S-U-P-O-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suponer is a Spanish verb meaning “to suppose, to surmise, to assume, to guess, to imagine, to figure, to say, to take it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar por verdadero a partir de indicios o inferencias”.
What does suponer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suppose, to surmise, to assume, to guess, to imagine, to figure, to say, to take it
Supongamos que no quiere ser encontrado. ¿Entonces qué?
- 2
to presume, to expect
- 3
to pose (e.g. a risk, a threat, a danger)
- 4
to mean, to imply, to represent
- 5
to involve, to entail
- 6
to hypothesize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar por verdadero a partir de indicios o inferencias. 2. Dar fingidamente por verdadero algo, poner en el caso de que fuera cierto, como premisa para otra cosa. 3. Necesitar algo para que cierta tarea o idea pueda ser verdad o efectuarse.
verb: 1. Tener mucha importancia, significar mucho para alguien. 2. Tener poder, autoridad o representación en un gobierno o comunidad.
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 suponer
- supongo first-person present singular
- supuse first-person preterite singular
- supuesto participle past
- suponiendo gerund
- supuesta feminine participle past
- supuestos masculine participle past
- supuestas feminine participle past
- supones indicative informal present
- suponés indicative informal present
- supone indicative present singular
- suponemos first-person indicative plural
- suponéis indicative plural present
- suponen indicative plural present
- suponía first-person imperfect indicative
- suponías imperfect indicative second-person
- suponíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- suponíais imperfect indicative plural
- suponían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suponer?
- /supoˈneɾ/
- [su.poˈneɾ]
- [supoˈneɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suponer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suponer in Spanish?
suponer appears 10 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).