guess in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for guess in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.guess [Am ɡɛs, Brit ɡɛs] N

you're allowed three guesses

tienes tres oportunidades de adivinar(lo)

have a guess!

¡a ver si adivinas!

my guess was almost correct

casi acierto con mis cálculos

it was just a wild guess

fue lo primero que se me vino a la cabeza

to make a lucky guess

acertar por or de casualidad

to make a lucky guess

atinar(le) por or de casualidad Mex

our best guess is that it'll take at least three months

calculamos que llevará por lo menos tres meses

your guess is as good as mine

quién sabe

your guess is as good as mine

vete tú a saber

what happens next is anybody's guess

vete tú a saber qué va a pasar

II.guess [Am ɡɛs, Brit ɡɛs] VB trans

1. guess (conjecture, estimate):

guess answer/total/name

adivinar

guess who she brought with her!

¡adivina a quién se trajo!

guess who!

adivina quién soy

guess who!

¿a que no sabes quién soy?

guess what!

¿sabes qué?

you'll never guess what he said

no te puedes imaginar lo que dijo

I can guess what's going through your mind

me imagino qué estarás pensando

I guessed that he weighed about 150 pounds

calculé que pesaría unas 150 libras

we're trying to guess their next move

estamos intentando adivinar qué harán ahora

I guess it to be about ten miles

calculo or me imagino que serán unas diez millas

they'd already guessed who was going to be appointed

ya se imaginaban a quién iban a nombrar

2. guess (suppose):

guess esp Am inf

suponer

I guess so

supongo (que sí)

I guess so

eso creo

I guess not

supongo que no

she can't have got the message, I guess

no debe haber recibido el recado, digo yo

III.guess [Am ɡɛs, Brit ɡɛs] VB intr

to guess right

acertar

to guess right

adivinar

to guess right

atinar(le) Mex

to guess wrong

equivocarse

how did you guess?

¿cómo adivinaste?

how did you guess?

¿cómo lo has adivinado? Spain

she likes to keep them guessing about her age

le gusta hacerse la interesante sobre su edad

he kept people guessing about his plans

los tenía a todos en suspenso or en la incertidumbre acerca de sus planes

to guess at sth we can only guess at her motives

solo podemos hacer conjeturas sobre cuáles fueron sus motivos

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

1. second-guess (criticize with hindsight):

second-guess

cuestionar a posteriori

2. second-guess (anticipate reaction):

second-guess Brit

anticiparse a

second-guess Brit

adelantarse a

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it was just an educated guess

fue una conjetura hecha con cierta base

to make an educated guess, making an educated guess, I'd say that …

considerando la información de que disponemos, me atrevería a decir que …

well, guess I'll just mosey along

bueno, pues me voy yendo

I was wildly inaccurate in my guess

me equivoqué totalmente al tratar de adivinarlo

it's an informed guess

se trata de una conjetura hecha sobre cierta base or con cierto fundamento

Translations for guess in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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a ojímetro phrase adv inf

at a rough guess

adivinar

to guess

¿a que no adivinas con quién me encontré hoy?

you'll never guess who I met today

adivinar

to guess

¡adivina!

let's see if you can guess!

aventurar una conjetura

to hazard a guess

se carrileó con la respuesta

she just took a guess at the answer

guess in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for guess in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.guess [ges] N

guess

conjetura f

a lucky guess

un acierto afortunado

to have a guess, to take a guess Am

adivinar

to make a wild guess

hacer una conjetura al azar

at a guess

por decir algo

your guess is as good as mine!

¡vaya Vd. a saber!

Phrases:

it's anybody's guess

¿quién sabe?

II.guess [ges] VB intr

1. guess (conjecture):

guess

conjeturar

to guess right/wrong

adivinar/equivocarse

guess what I'm doing now?

¿adivinas qué estoy haciendo ahora?

to guess that ...

imaginar que...

how did you guess?

¿cómo lo has adivinado?

2. guess Am:

guess (believe, suppose)

suponer

guess (suspect)

sospechar

I guess you're right

supongo que estás en lo cierto

III.guess [ges] VB trans

guess

adivinar

Phrases:

to keep sb guessing

tener a alguien en suspense

guess what?

¿sabes qué?

second-guess [ˌsekəndˈges] VB trans

second-guess

anticiparse a

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to hazard a guess at sth

aventurar una respuesta a algo

to make a lucky guess

acertar por pura casualidad

wildly shoot, guess

a tontas y a locas

his guess could easily be wrong

es fácil que se equivoque

wild estimate, guess

disparatado, -a

Translations for guess in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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a ojímetro

at a rough guess

adivinar (conjeturar)

to guess

adivinar (acertar)

to guess correctly

¡adivina cuántos años tengo!

guess how old I am!

entrever (intenciones)

to guess

guess Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

as near as I can guess

que yo sepa

his guess could easily be wrong

es fácil que se equivoque

to have a guess, to take a guess Am

adivinar

to make a wild guess

hacer una conjetura al azar

your guess is as good as mine!

¡vaya Vd. a saber!

guess what I'm doing now?

¿adivinas qué estoy haciendo ahora?

to make a lucky guess

acertar por pura casualidad

to hazard a guess at sth

aventurar una respuesta a algo

your guess is as good as mine!

¡vete tú a saber si es cierto!

you'll never be able to guess

no se te pasará ni por la imaginación

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Our guess is better than expected and in a manner that will make us choke on our eggnog.

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Each player has 5 titles to guess and has 5 seconds for each.

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They must then guess which movie the poster is for.

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I guess you could call it a hang-up that's been exploited.

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It's a pretty good trick, actually, because guess who gets off scot-free?

rabble.ca

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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Since a URL is a character string, it can clearly be synthesized although encryption can make it virtually impossible to guess.

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Eventually, this became the primary use of the guest segment, and the pretense of having the panel guess the guest's secret was dropped altogether.

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He tends to second-guess everything he is presented with, and is extremely meticulous and analytical.

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I guess we could go in and redo it.

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