guess in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] N

guess
congettura f
guess
supposizione f
to have or make or take a guess
cercare di or tirare a indovinare or azzardare un'ipotesi
to have or make or take a guess at sth
cercare di indovinare qc
my guess is that they will lose
secondo me perderanno
at a (rough) guess I would say that he is about 30
a occhio e croce avrà 30 anni
there are, at a guess, ten families living in that building
ci saranno grossomodo una decina di famiglie che abitano in quel palazzo
I'll give you three guesses!
ti do tre possibilità
that was a good guess!
hai colto nel segno or hai azzeccato!
“how did you know?” - “just a lucky guess!”
“come facevi a saperlo?” - “ho tirato a indovinare”
to make a wild guess
fare congetture azzardate
your guess is as good as mine
ne so quanto te
it's anybody's guess!
Dio solo lo sa! e chi lo sa! chi l'indovina è bravo!
what will happen now is anybody's guess
Dio solo sa ciò che succederà

II.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] VB trans

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1. guess (intuit):

guess answer, reason, name, identity
(tirare a) indovinare
guess length, width
calcolare (a occhio e croce)
to guess that …
(tirare a) indovinare che …
to guess sb's age (correctly)
indovinare l'età di qn
to guess sb's age (make estimate)
cercare di indovinare l'età di qn
I should guess him to be about 30
gli darei una trentina d'anni
I guessed the time to be about one o'clock
mi sembrava che fosse l'una circa
she had guessed what I was thinking
aveva indovinato che cosa stavo pensando
you'll never guess what has happened!
non indovinerai mai che cosa è successo!
I guessed as much!
lo sospettavo!
guess what! I've won a prize!
indovina (un po')! Ho vinto un premio!
guess who!
indovina chi!

III.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] VB intr

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second-guess [Brit, Am ˌsɛkənd ˈɡɛs] VB trans inf

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to make an inspired guess
avere una felice intuizione
to make a shrewd guess
avere un'intuizione (felice)
to make an educated guess
fare un'ipotesi plausibile

Translations for guess in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

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fare una congettura -a
to make a wild guess
indovinare nome, risposta
to guess
indovinare nome, risposta
to second-guess inf
pensieri indovinare giusto, sbagliato
to guess right, wrong
indovinare l'età di qn
to guess sb's age
indovina!
guess!
indovina chi!
guess who!
indovina chi è tornato?
guess who's back in town?
non indovinerai mai che cosa è successo!
you'll never guess what has happened!
(cercare di indovinare) qc
to have or make or take a guess at sth
tirare a indovinare
to take a leap, to shot in the dark, to hazard a guess
“come facevi a saperlo?” - “ho tirato a indovinare”
“how did you know?” - “just a lucky guess”
indovina (un po')! Ho vinto un premio!
guess what!I've won a prize!
chi l'indovina è bravo!
it's anybody's guess!
indovinala, grillo!
= your guess is as good as mine
indovina indovinello!
it's anybody's guess!
congettura azzardata
wild guess
facilmente intuibile
easy to guess

guess in the PONS Dictionary

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second-guess [ˌse·kənd·ˈges] VB trans

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to make a lucky guess
indovinare
to hazard a guess at sth
provare a indovinare qc
his guess could easily be wrong
è facile che si sbagli
as near as I can guess
per quanto ne so

Translations for guess in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

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guess Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make a lucky guess
indovinare
to take a guess
tirare a indovinare
to take a wild guess
azzardare un'ipotesi
that was a lucky guess
è stata tutta fortuna
your guess is as good as mine!
ne so quanto te
guess what I'm doing now?
indovina cosa sto facendo ora?
how did you guess?
come hai fatto a indovinare?
to hazard a guess at sth
provare a indovinare qc
his guess could easily be wrong
è facile che si sbagli
as near as I can guess
per quanto ne so

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
I guess we could go in and redo it.
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In the second round, the winners of the first round must guess the number of calories in the low-calorie substitute.
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I guess there was a word count that the card company was obligated to fulfill.
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Each player has 5 titles to guess and has 5 seconds for each.
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My guess is that entrepreneurial activities will be on the rise as people start their own small business out of necessity.
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It's a pretty good trick, actually, because guess who gets off scot-free?
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This is little more than an unverifiable guess, however, and a rather facile one, given that the work is transmitted by a single 10th-century manuscript.
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I guess you could call it a hang-up that's been exploited.
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There will also be a children's lucky dip, guess the weight competition and a tombola wheel with lots of prizes.
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They must then guess which movie the poster is for.
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