espera

See also: esperá, espéra, espèra, and esperà

Asturian

Verb

espera

1. third-person singular present indicative of esperar
2. second-person singular imperative of esperar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈpe.ɾa]

Verb

espera

1. inflection of esperar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

espera

1. inflection of esperar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/, /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/, /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/, /eʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from esperar. From Old Galician-Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), from Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”).

Noun

espera f (plural esperas)

1. wait (time spent waiting)
2. ambush (wait for someone in order to attack them)

Etymology 2

Verb

espera

1. inflection of esperar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpeɾa/ [esˈpe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from esperar.

Noun

espera f (plural esperas)

1. wait

   sala de espera ― waiting room

Derived terms

• compás de espera
• en espera
• sala de espera

 

Etymology 2

Verb

espera

1. inflection of esperar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “espera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014