Adivina (en. Guess)

/adiˈβina/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Definition: A person who has the ability to predict or intuit future events.

Example sentence: The town's guesser always had surprising answers.

La adivina del pueblo siempre tenía respuestas sorprendentes.

Definition: A woman who practices divination.

Example sentence: I consulted a guesser before making an important decision.

Consulté a una adivina antes de tomar una decisión importante.

Definition: A being considered to possess supernatural powers to guess.

Example sentence: The guesser told her she would have luck in love.

La adivina le dijo que tendría suerte en el amor.

Etymology/Origin: It comes from the verb 'to guess', which has roots in the Latin 'adivinare'.

Phrase: to be a guesser

Meaning: To have the ability to predict what is going to happen.

ser adivina

Phrase: to play guessing

Meaning: To try to discover something without having clear signs.

jugar a adivinar

Phrase: guess, guessing game

Meaning: A way of asking questions or playing games that require guessing.

adivina, adivinanza

Related word: divination

Description: The practice of predicting the future.

adivinación

Related word: to guess

Description: To discover something that is not known for certain.

adivinar

Related word: premonition

Description: The feeling of anticipating a future event.

premonición

Slang meaning: Guess as a play on words.

Slang example: Gustavo always plays the guesser when he encounters a riddle.

Gustavo siempre juega a la adivina cuando se encuentra con un enigma.

Slang meaning: Humorous or sarcastic use of the term guesser.

Slang example: When she said she liked blue, I called her a guesser because she always knows.

Cuando ella dijo que le gustaba el azul, le llamé adivina porque siempre lo sabe.