esperar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- 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.
- look verb To direct one's eyes toward something in order to see it.
- trust noun Firm belief in the reliability or honesty of someone or something.
- wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
Senses
esperar is used for these senses in English:
- abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
- await (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- hold out (idiomatic, often, with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
- hold up (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
- hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- 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].
- look To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
abide — full definition
- verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
- verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.