espera

espera

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpe.ɾa]

espera

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

• IPA^(key): /esˈpɛɾɐ/

espera

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

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

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”).

espera f (plural esperas)

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

   Synonym: esperinha

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

espera

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

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

Deverbal from esperar. Compare English desperate.

espera f (plural esperas)

1. wait

   sala de espera ― waiting room

espera

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

• “espera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024