Nominal Forms
Infinitivo:
adiviñar
Participio:
adiviñado
Xerundio:
adiviñando
Indicative
Present
| eu | adiviño |
| ti | adiviñas |
| el | adiviña |
| nós | adiviñamos |
| vós | adiviñades |
| eles | adiviñan |
Imperfecto
| eu | adiviñaba |
| ti | adiviñabas |
| el | adiviñaba |
| nós | adiviñabamos |
| vós | adiviñabades |
| eles | adiviñaban |
Futuro
| eu | adiviñarei |
| ti | adiviñarás |
| el | adiviñará |
| nós | adiviñaremos |
| vós | adiviñaredes |
| eles | adiviñarán |
Pretérito perfecto
| eu | adiviñei |
| ti | adiviñache |
| el | adiviñou |
| nós | adiviñamos |
| vós | adiviñastes |
| eles | adiviñaron |
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto
| eu | adiviñara |
| ti | adiviñaras |
| el | adiviñara |
| nós | adiviñaramos |
| vós | adiviñarades |
| eles | adiviñaran |
Subxuntivo
Presente (subxuntivo I)
| eu | adiviñe |
| ti | adiviñes |
| el | adiviñe |
| nós | adiviñemos |
| vós | adiviñedes |
| eles | adiviñen |
Imperfecto (subxuntivo II)
| eu | adiviñase |
| ti | adiviñases |
| el | adiviñase |
| nós | adiviñasemos |
| vós | adiviñasedes |
| eles | adiviñasen |
Futuro
| eu | adiviñar |
| ti | adiviñares |
| el | adiviñar |
| nós | adiviñarmos |
| vós | adiviñardes |
| eles | adiviñaren |
Futuro hipotético
| eu | adiviñaría |
| ti | adiviñarías |
| el | adiviñaría |
| nós | adiviñariamos |
| vós | adiviñariades |
| eles | adiviñarían |
Imperative
| ti | adiviña |
| el | adiviñe |
| nós | adiviñemos |
| vós | adiviñade |
| eles | adiviñen |
Infinitivo Conxugado
| adiviñar |
| adiviñares |
| adiviñar |
| adiviñarmos |
| adiviñardes |
| adiviñaren |
Verbs conjugated like 'adiviñar'
abondar,
abortar,
abrochar,
abundar,
abusar,
acampar,
accionar,
aceitar,
acenar,
activar,
adoptar,
adotar,
afectar,
afondar,
agatuñar,
agoirar,
agomar,
agourar,
agromar,
aguentar, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'adiviñar'
aliviar,
divisar,
abiñar,
acariñar,
adiantar,
adicar,
admirar,
adoitar,
adurmiñar,
advir,
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese adevinnar, adevỹar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ad + dīvīnāre (“foretell”). Compare Portuguese adivinhar, Spanish adivinar and French deviner. See: Portuguese '
adivinhar', Spanish '
adivinar', French '
deviner'.
Sample Sentences
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Adiviña que hai na caixa. (Guess what is inside the box.)
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Et en ponto que o fezo, soubo adeviñar por que lles vjña tal tormẽta. (And as soon as he did that, he correctly guessed why that storm was coming for them) [c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker, editor, Historia Troyana, page 106:]
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Vou adiviñar o seu futuro: alguén quere os seus cartos. (I'll foretell your future: someone wants your money.)
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Eu sey moyto de adiujñar, atãto que nõ sey home ẽno mũdo que atãto sábea, et ey moytas cousas ditas que seýrõ todas uerdade, et nũca cousa dixe que uerdade nõ fosse et todo assý nõ o uisse, nẽ ja mays nũca adiuiñey cousa en que falesçesse. (I know much about divination, as much that I know no one in the world who knows as much as I do; and I have said a lot of things that became all true, and never I said a thing that wasn't true, and never I foretold something and failed) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 246:]
Translations
foretell, to predict the future
divine, foretell (something)
divine, guess (something)
guess, to reach an unqualified conclusion
guess, to solve by a correct conjecture