esperar

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

Acontece que isso é mais fácil do que você poderia esperar .

Turns out this is easier than you might expect.

Precisamos esperar mais meia hora .

We need to wait another half hour.

(intransitive, transitive) to wait
(catenative) to wait
(intransitive) to hope
(transitive) to hope
(catenative) to hope
to expect; to anticipate (to know or think that something will happen)

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/is.peˈɾa(ʁ)/

Inherited from Latin

spērō

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Latin spēs Latin -o Latin spērō Old Galician-Portuguese asperar Portuguese esperar Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese asperar, from Latin spērō, from spēs + -o.