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suppose vb suponer / imaginarseI don't suppose you could lend me £50, could you? no podrías dejarme cincuenta libras, ¿verdad?tr[sə'pəʊz]1 (assume, imagine) suponer, imaginarse■ I don't suppose you've got any serviettes? ¿no tendrás servilletas, por casualidad?■ I don't suppose you could lend me £10, could you? no podrías dejarme £10, ¿no?3 (believe) creer■ what do you suppose will happen now? ¿qué crees que pasará ahora?4 (postulate) suponer■ let's suppose that... supongamos que...5 formal use (presuppose) suponer1 (hypothesis) ¿y si...?, pongamos por caso, supongamos■ suppose she's right? ¿y si tiene razón?2 (making suggestions) ¿y si...?, ¿qué tal si...?■ suppose we leave now? ¿y si nos fuéramos ya?■ suppose we wait until tomorrow? ¿qué tal si esperamos hasta mañana?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLI suppose not supongo que noI suppose so supongo que sí1) assume: suponer, imaginarse2) believe: suponer, creer3)to be supposed to : tener que, deberv.• imaginarse v.• presumir v.• suponer v.sə'pəʊz1)a) (assume, imagine) suponer*, imaginarseI suppose you want more money — supongo or (me) imagino que querrás más dinero
I don't suppose you could take me there? — tú no podrías llevarme hasta allí ¿no?
suppose he phones and you're not in — ¿y si llama y tú no estás?, suponte que llama y tú no estás
I suppose so — supongo or me imagino que sí
can Peter come too? - oh, I suppose so — ¿Peter puede ir con nosotros? - bueno, si no hay más remedio...
I suppose not o I don't suppose so — supongo que no or no creo
b) ( making suggestions)suppose we take this with us — ¿y si nos lleváramos esto?, ¿qué tal si nos llevamos esto?
c) (believe, think) creer*what do you suppose he'll do? — ¿tú qué crees que hará?
d) ( postulate) suponer*let us suppose that x = a + b — supongamos que x = a + b
2) to be supposed to + infa) (indicating obligation, expectation)aren't you supposed to be at home? — ¿tú no tendrías que estar en casa?
b) ( indicating intention)what's that supposed to be? — ¿y eso qué se supone que es?
what's that supposed to mean? — ¿y qué quieres (or quieren etc) decir con eso, (si se puede saber)?
you're supposed to be the expert, not me — el experto se supone que eres tú, no yo
3) ( presuppose) (frml) suponer*[sǝ'pǝʊz]VT1) (=assume) suponerlet us suppose that — supongamos que, pongamos por caso que
but just suppose he's right — y ¿si tiene razón?
supposing it rains, what shall we do? — pongamos que llueve, entonces ¿qué hacemos?
2) (=assume, believe) suponer, creeryou'll accept, I suppose? — aceptarás, supongo, ¿no?
who do you suppose was there? — ¿quién crees tú que estaba allí?
you don't suppose they'd start without us, do you? — no empezarán sin nosotros, ¿verdad?
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I suppose so/ not — supongo que sí/no3)to be supposed to do sth: you're supposed to be in bed by ten — tendrías que estar acostado a las diez
you're supposed to be my friend! — ¡yo creía que eras mi amigo!
what am I supposed to have done wrong now? — ¿qué se supone que he hecho mal ahora?
what's that supposed to mean? — ¿qué quieres decir con eso?
4) (in requests, suggestions)do you suppose we could take a lunch break now? — ¿podríamos hacer un descanso para almorzar ahora?
do you suppose you could wrap this up for me? — ¿podrías envolverme esto?
I don't suppose you could lend me ten pounds — ¿no podrías prestarme diez libras?
suppose we talk about something else now — ¿y si hablamos sobre algo distinto ahora?
5) (=presuppose) suponer, presuponer* * *[sə'pəʊz]1)a) (assume, imagine) suponer*, imaginarseI suppose you want more money — supongo or (me) imagino que querrás más dinero
I don't suppose you could take me there? — tú no podrías llevarme hasta allí ¿no?
suppose he phones and you're not in — ¿y si llama y tú no estás?, suponte que llama y tú no estás
I suppose so — supongo or me imagino que sí
can Peter come too? - oh, I suppose so — ¿Peter puede ir con nosotros? - bueno, si no hay más remedio...
I suppose not o I don't suppose so — supongo que no or no creo
b) ( making suggestions)suppose we take this with us — ¿y si nos lleváramos esto?, ¿qué tal si nos llevamos esto?
c) (believe, think) creer*what do you suppose he'll do? — ¿tú qué crees que hará?
d) ( postulate) suponer*let us suppose that x = a + b — supongamos que x = a + b
2) to be supposed to + infa) (indicating obligation, expectation)aren't you supposed to be at home? — ¿tú no tendrías que estar en casa?
b) ( indicating intention)what's that supposed to be? — ¿y eso qué se supone que es?
what's that supposed to mean? — ¿y qué quieres (or quieren etc) decir con eso, (si se puede saber)?
you're supposed to be the expert, not me — el experto se supone que eres tú, no yo
3) ( presuppose) (frml) suponer*
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