espera
Meaning
-
wait
Concepts
wait
expectation
waiting
delay
respite
expectance
patience
suspense
adjournment
standby
abeyance
suspension
hold
postponement
time lag
needs
wants
anticipation
looking-for
wait a bit
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Frequency
Hyphenated as
es‧pe‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈpeɾa/
Etymology
Deverbal from esperar.
New
esperar
- (catenative,transitive) to hope
- (catenative,transitive) to expect
- (intransitive,transitive) to wait, wait (for)
- (intransitive,reflexive) to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use)
- (impersonal,reflexive) to be expected
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Sentences
A la espera del juicio , fueron custodiados en diferentes dependencias donde eventualmente serían sentenciados .
While awaiting trial, they were guarded in different facilities where they would eventually be sentenced.
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