esperar in Spanish: to wait, to hope, to expect (verb)

Translation

to wait, to hope, to expect

Word origin

From Latin sperare ('to hope'), from spes ('hope'). It carries the senses 'to hope, to wait and to expect'.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	espero	esperé	esperaba	esperaré	esperaría
tú	esperas	esperaste	esperabas	esperarás	esperarías
él/ella/ud.	espera	esperó	esperaba	esperará	esperaría
nos.	esperamos	esperamos	esperábamos	esperaremos	esperaríamos
vos.	esperáis	esperasteis	esperabais	esperaréis	esperaríais
ellos/uds.	esperan	esperaron	esperaban	esperarán	esperarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	espere	esperara	esperase
tú	esperes	esperaras	esperases
él/ella/ud.	espere	esperara	esperase
nos.	esperemos	esperáramos	esperásemos
vos.	esperéis	esperarais	esperaseis
ellos/uds.	esperen	esperaran	esperasen

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We have to wait at least twenty more minutes.

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You cannot expect everything to go perfectly first time.

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Wait here while I go and get the car.

mejore .

We hope the weather improves by the weekend.

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He has been waiting for a reply for more than a month.

quedarse

to stay, to remain

tiempo

time, weather

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