speculazione

speculation

noun speh-koo-lah-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Origin: From Latin speculatio, from speculari (to observe, spy out).

Also means

conjecture

Usage Note

Speculazione is a feminine noun (la speculazione, plural le speculazioni) with two main senses: financial speculation (risky investment for profit) and intellectual speculation (theorising). Context usually disambiguates: speculazione finanziaria vs speculazione filosofica. The verb is speculare and the agent noun is speculatore (speculator).

Examples

"La speculazione finanziaria ha causato la crisi."

Natural Translation

Financial speculation caused the crisis.

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