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esperar

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “esperar” mean in English?

  1. to wait

Example sentences

  • Tengo que esperar aquí.

    I have to wait here.

  • Espero el autobús.

    I wait for the bus.

How to use it

Esperar means 'to wait' in concrete beginner scenes. It can also mean 'to hope' in other contexts.

Common mistake

Do not score every English 'hope' use automatically yet. This atom starts from the concrete wait sense.

Topics

Related Beginner words

Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.