¿Supone que el dosificador funciona?

Do you suppose the dispenser works?

Breakdown of ¿Supone que el dosificador funciona?

• que: that
• funcionar: to work
• el dosificador: the dispenser
• suponer: to suppose

Questions & Answers about ¿Supone que el dosificador funciona?

What does supone mean here?

Supone is the usted / él / ella form of suponer, which often means to suppose, to assume, or to think depending on context.

In a sentence like ¿Supone que el dosificador funciona?, it can sound like:

• Do you suppose the dispenser works?
• Do you assume the dispenser works?
• Do you think the dispenser works?

The exact English choice depends on the tone and situation.

Who is doing the action in supone?

The subject is not stated explicitly, so it has to be understood from context.

Supone can mean:

• you suppose — formal singular (usted)
• he supposes
• she supposes

Because this is a question, the most likely reading is often Do you suppose... ? if someone is being addressed formally, but context is what tells you for sure.

Why is there no word for you, he, or she?

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already gives that information.

Here, supone already tells you it is a third-person singular form, which can correspond to:

• usted
• él
• ella

So Spanish does not need to say usted, él, or ella unless the speaker wants to emphasize it or make it clearer.