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espera

See also: esperá, espéra, espèra, and esperà

Asturian

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Verb

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espera

  1. third-person singular present indicative of esperar
  2. second-person singular imperative of esperar

Catalan

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espera

  1. inflection of esperar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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espera

  1. inflection of esperar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from esperar. From Old Galician-Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), from Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”).

Noun

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espera f (plural esperas)

  1. wait (time spent waiting)
  2. ambush (wait for someone in order to attack them)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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espera

  1. inflection of esperar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpeɾa/ [esˈpe.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: es‧pe‧ra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from esperar.

Noun

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espera f (plural esperas)

  1. wait
    sala de espera ― waiting room
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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espera

  1. inflection of esperar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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