spéculer
Meanings
Verb
1. to speculate (finance, intransitive)
2. to speculate (guess) (intransitive)
Examples4
spéculer sur l'avenir
speculate about the future
spéculer sur le coton
speculate on cotton
Il a fait fortune en spéculant en bourse.
He made a killing by speculating on the stock market.
Il a perdu une grande partie de sa fortune en spéculant.
He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.