espera
AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
espera
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
espera
- third-person singular present indicative form of esperar
- second-person singular imperative form of esperar
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ra
Etymology 1Edit
Deverbal from esperar. From Old Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), from Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”).
NounEdit
espera f (plural esperas)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
espera
- inflection of esperar:
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
espera f (plural esperas)
- wait
- sala de espera ― waiting room
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
espera
- inflection of esperar:
Further readingEdit
- “espera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014