can't wait

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

can't wait (third-person singular simple present can't wait, no present participle, simple past couldn't wait, no past participle)

(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.
I can't wait for that party on Friday.
To need to be attended to right away.
I'm afraid this can't wait; it has to be done by Thursday.

Derived terms

can wait

Translations

to eagerly anticipate — see also look forward to

Arabic: لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار (lā astaṭīʕ al-intiẓār)
Czech: těšit se (cs)
Finnish: ei malttaa odottaa
French: avoir hâte (fr)
German: kaum erwarten können
Hungarian: alig vár (hu)
Italian: non vedere l'ora
Japanese: 楽しみにする (tanoshim ni suru)
Portuguese: não ver a hora
Russian: (1st person examples) жду не дожду́сь (ždu ne doždúsʹ), жду с нетерпе́нием (ždu s neterpénijem)
Spanish: no ver la hora
Turkish: iple çekmek (tr), dört gözle beklemek (tr)

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