esperar
- (catenative, transitive) to hope
- (catenative, transitive) to expect
- (intransitive, transitive) to wait, wait (for)
- (imperative, intransitive, often, reflexive) to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use)
- (impersonal, reflexive) to be expected
Frequency
Hyphenated as
es‧pe‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/espeˈɾaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Spanish esperar, inherited from Latin spērāre.
Related words
hope for
wait a little
look forward
speculate
tener esperanza
tener pensado
aguardar hasta
tener conciencia
conmemorer
esperar con expectación
agüaitar
aguachar
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