asperar

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spērāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾa(ɾ)/
Syllabification: as‧pe‧rar
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

asperar

to wait
to hope
to expect

Conjugation

Conjugation of asperar (first conjugation)

past participle				masculine		feminine
infinitive			asperar
gerund			asperando
		singular		asperau, asperato		asperada, asperata
		plural		asperaus, asperatos		asperadas, asperatas
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	aspero	asperas	aspera	asperamos	asperaz	asperan
	imperfect	asperaba, asperabe	asperabas	asperaba	asperabanos	asperabaz	asperaban
	preterite	asperé	asperés	asperó	asperemos	asperez	asperoron, asperón
	future	asperaré	asperarás	asperará	asperaremos	asperarez	asperarán
	conditional	asperaría	asperarías	asperaría	asperaríanos	asperaríaz	asperarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	aspere	asperes	aspere	asperemos	asperez	asperen
	imperfect	asperase	asperases	asperase	asperasenos	asperasez	asperasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
imperative		—	aspera	—	—	asperaz	—

Derived terms

asperanza
asperanzato
desasperar

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish esperar~asperar, inherited from Latin spērāre.

Verb

asperar

to wait

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “esperar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 740

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

esperar

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spērō.

Verb

asperar

(ambitransitive) to wait (to delay until some event)
Synonym: aguardar
(transitive) to expect (to consider obligatory or required)
(transitive) to hope (to want something to happen)

Conjugation

Conjugation of asperar

gerund		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
infinitive				asperar
gerund		simple		asperando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		asperado		asperados
		feminine		asperada		asperadas
present participle				asperante		asperantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	aspero	asperas	aspera	asperamos	asperades	asperan
	imperfect	asperava	asperavas	asperava	asperavamos, asperávamos	asperavades, asperávades	asperavan
	preterite	asperei	asperaste, asperasche, asperache	asperou	asperamos	asperastes	asperaron
	pluperfect	asperara	asperaras	asperara	asperaramos, asperáramos	asperarades, asperárades	asperaran
	future	asperarei	asperarás	asperará	asperaremos	asperaredes	asperarán
	conditional	asperaria	asperarias	asperaria	asperariamos, asperaríamos	asperariades, asperaríades	asperarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	aspere	asperes	aspere	asperemos	asperedes	asperen
	imperfect	asperasse	asperasses	asperasse	asperassemos, asperássemos	asperassedes, asperássedes	asperassen
	future	asperar	asperares	asperar	asperarmos	asperardes	asperaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	aspera	—	asperemos	asperade	—
negative		—	non asperes	—	non asperemos	non asperedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		asperar	asperares	asperar	asperarmos	asperardes	asperaren
¹ teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Related terms

asperança

Descendants

Galician: esperar, asperar
Portuguese: esperar

References

Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “asperar”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “@sperar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “asperar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega