spero — meaning in English

English meaning

• await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
• expect verb To believe that something will happen.
• hope verb To want something to happen and believe it might.
• suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.

Senses

spero is used for these senses in English:

• await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
• hope To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
• suppose (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

expect — full definition

1. verb To believe that something will happen.
2. verb To regard something as required or owed.
3. verb To be pregnant.

Related Latin words