expectar

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (literary) to wait
  2. to expect

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
ex‧pec‧tar
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/eɡspeɡˈtaɾ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Borrowed from Latin expectāre, variant of exspectō (“to wait”). Alternatively, possible backformation from expectante interpreted as a present participle, influenced as well by expectación and expectativa.

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