Today’s Spanish word of the day is “suponer”.
It’s a verb meaning “to suppose”, “to imagine” or “to assume”.
Like the English word “suppose”, “suponer” comes from Latin supponere, which was a word formed by joining the prefix sub- (“under”) and ponere (“to put”).
“Suponer” is an irregular verb that is conjugated according to the same pattern as “poner” (“to put”) and “componer” (“to compose”). Here’s the conjugation in the present tense:
- Yo supongo – I suppose
- Tú supones – You suppose (informal singular)
- Él/Ella/Usted supone – He/She supposes, You suppose (formal singular)
- Nosotros/Nosotras suponemos – We suppose
- Vosotros/Vosotras suponéis – You suppose (informal plural, only used in Spain)
- Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes suponen – They suppose, You suppose (plural)
Example sentences
Supongo que lloverá mañana.
I imagine it will rain tomorrow.
No debemos suponer nada sin pruebas.
We shouldn’t assume anything without evidence.
¿Supones que los extraterrestres nos observan?
Do you suppose aliens are watching us?
No podemos suponer que el futuro será como lo imaginamos.
We can’t assume that the future will be as we imagine it.
Supongo que has probado el mate si has visitado Argentina.
I assume you have tried mate if you’ve visited Argentina.
