See also: esperí and esperì

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esperi

  1. inflection of esperar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French espérer and Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (to prosper, succeed).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [eˈsperi]
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  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation: e‧spe‧ri

Verb edit

esperi (present esperas, past esperis, future esperos, conditional esperus, volitive esperu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hope
    • 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 1:
      Mi esperas, ke li ne preterlasis la vagonaron.
      I hope he didn't miss the train.
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 67:
      Mi esperas, ke mi mem min helpos.
      I hope I can help myself.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Donald J. Harlow (translator), Fiereco kaj antaŭjuĝemo[1], translation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, archived from the original on 2 March 2012, chapter 34:
      Ĉu vi supozus, ke mi ĝojos pri la malnobleco de viaj parencoj? — gratulos min, ke mi esperas parencojn, kies vivkondiĉoj estas tiom definitive sub la miaj?
      Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connexions? — to congratulate myself on the hope of relations, whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own?

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