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spéculer

to speculate

verb spay-ku-LAY Rare

Origin: Latin speculari (to observe, to spy out)

Usage Note

Spéculer covers both financial speculation (spéculer en Bourse, to speculate on the stock market) and intellectual conjecture (spéculer sur les causes d'un phénomène). The noun is spéculation and the person is a spéculateur. In French political discourse, la spéculation financière often carries a negative connotation.

Examples

"Il spécule sur l'immobilier depuis dix ans."

Natural Translation

He has been speculating in property for ten years.

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