esperar
to wait for
Anticipating future events, whether hoping for outcomes or acknowledging predictable results
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
expect
expect
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-ar
verb suffix
Esperar means to wait for and sounds like the English word expect0 turned into a verb1 (-ar1), since when you expect something, you wait for it.
esperar
to wait (for), to expect
To wait for something to arrive or happen.
- Te espero aquí afuera = I'll wait for you out here
- Estamos esperando el autobús = We're waiting for the bus
to hope
When you wait for something, you hope that it will happen.
- Espero que todo salga bien = I hope everything goes well
- Esperamos que lleguen pronto = We hope they arrive soon