esperar
Meaning
- (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
Concepts
hope for
wait a little
look forward
speculate
Synonyms
tener esperanza
tener pensado
aguardar hasta
tener conciencia
conmemorer
esperar con expectación
agüaitar
aguachar
Translations
attendre
esperar
aspettare
esperar
warten
verwachtenFrequency
Hyphenated as
es‧pe‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/espeˈɾaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Spanish esperar, inherited from Latin spērāre.
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