| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| guess⇒ vi | (estimate without knowledge) | adivinar⇒ vtr |
| | | suponer⇒ vtr |
| | He didn't know the answer, so he just guessed. |
| | No sabía la respuesta por lo que simplemente adivinó. |
| | No sabía la respuesta por lo que simplemente la supuso. |
| guess [sth]⇒ vtr | (find by guessing) | adivinar⇒ vtr |
| | He finally guessed the correct number of sweets in the jar. |
| | Finalmente adivinó el número correcto de caramelos en el jarro. |
| guess n | (estimate without knowledge) | suposición nf |
| | Her guess was wrong because there were over a hundred people in the room. |
| | Su suposición era errada porque había más de cien personas en el salón. |
| Compound Forms: |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
anybody's guess,
anyone's guess expr | (impossible to determine) | indeterminado adj |
| blind guess n | (uneducated estimate) | a primera vista, a simple vista loc prep |
| | | a ojo de buen cubero loc prep |
| | I'll take a blind guess and say she is about forty years old. |
| | A primera vista (or: a simple vista) diría que tiene unos cuarenta años. |
| | A ojo de buen cubero, diría que tiene unos cuarenta años. |
| bold guess n | (leap of faith) | acto de fe loc nom m |
| educated guess n | (informed estimate) | hipótesis fundamentada nf + adj |
| | | conjetura fundamentada nf + adj |
| | To make an educated guess, I think it will cost about half a million. |
| | Haciendo una hipótesis fundamentada, yo diría que va a costar alrededor de medio millón. |
| | | estimación fundamentada nf + adj |
| | Haciendo una estimación fundamentada, yo diría que va a costar alrededor de medio millón. |
| guess right vi | (answer correctly by chance) | acertar⇒ vi |
| | | estar en lo cierto vi + loc adv |
| | Carl thought Denise had taken the money, and he guessed right. |
| | Carl pensó que Denise había tomado el dinero, y acertó. |
| Guess what! interj | informal (used to announce news) | adivina qué loc interj |
| | (MX) | ¿qué crees? loc interj |
| | | ¿sabes qué? loc interj |
| | | a que no sabes loc interj |
| | Guess what, I got the job! |
| | Adivina qué... ¡Conseguí el trabajo! |
| hazard a guess v expr | (guess) | arriesgarse a adivinar loc verb |
| | | intentar adivinar loc verb |
| | If all else fails, then you'll just have to hazard a guess. |
| | Si todo lo demás falla, tendrás que arriesgarte a adivinar. |
| I guess expr | informal: followed by clause (I suppose that) | supongo que interj + conj |
| | I guess you're right. |
| | As we can't disprove that he stayed in all day, I guess we will just have to take his word for it. |
| | Supongo que tienes razón. // Como no podemos demostrar lo contrario, supongo que tendremos que creerle. |
| I guess interj | informal (I suppose so) | supongo interj |
| | | creo interj |
| | "Have you had enough to eat?" "I guess." |
| | "¿Has comido suficiente?" "Supongo". |
| rough guess n | (uneducated estimate) | estimación grosso modo nf + loc adj |
| | I'd say the town's population is 75,000 - but that's just a rough guess. |
| | Yo diría que la población de la ciudad es de 75.000 habitantes, pero es una estimación a grosso modo. |
| second-guess [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | mainly US (criticize after the fact) | cuestionar⇒ vtr |
| | | criticar⇒ vtr |
| second-guess [sb/sth] vtr | (anticipate [sb]'s actions or intentions) | anticipar⇒ vtr |
| | | prevenir⇒ vtr |
| | | anticiparse a v prnl + prep |
| | In a game of chess, a player must try to second-guess their opponent's next move. |
| second-guess yourself vtr + refl | (doubt yourself) | dudar de uno mismo loc verb |
| take a wild guess v expr | informal (make an uneducated estimate) (coloquial) | calcular a vuelo de pájaro loc verb |
| | I've no idea how many beans are in the jar, but I'll take a wild guess and say 5000. |
| | | ponerse a adivinar loc verb |
| | | arriesgar⇒ vi |
| | | calcular a ojo loc verb |
| | | calcular a ojo de buen cubero loc verb |
| | No tengo ni idea de cuantas judías hay en el tarro, pero calculando a ojo, diría que hay 5000. |
| venture a guess v expr | (guess) | adivinar⇒ vtr |
| | Anyone who ventures a guess will be awarded a prize. |
| | Todos los que adivinen ganarán un premio. |
| | | acertar⇒ vtr |
| | Todos los que acierten ganarán un premio. |