conjecture

a theory or explanation that is based on incomplete information and has not yet been proved to be true

hipótesis, conjetura

• make a conjecture about something

Collocations a scientific conjecture · to make a conjecture

• The theory is based on conjecture rather than fact.

  La teoría se basa en conjeturas más que en hechos.

to say something that is not based on facts but only on what you think might be true

hacer conjeturas, especular

• conjecture about somebody/something

Collocations to conjecture about something · a conjectured explanation

• He conjectures that the company will go bankrupt.

  Especula que la empresa entrará en bancarrota.