expectar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expectāre, variant of exspectō (“to wait”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɡspeɡˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧pec‧tar

Verb

expectar (first-person singular present expecto, first-person singular preterite expecté, past participle expectado)

  1. (literary) to wait
    Synonym: esperar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of expectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive expectar
gerund expectando
past participle masculine feminine
singular expectado expectada
plural expectados expectadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present expecto expectastú
expectásvos		 expecta expectamos expectáis expectan
imperfect expectaba expectabas expectaba expectábamos expectabais expectaban
preterite expecté expectaste expectó expectamos expectasteis expectaron
future expectaré expectarás expectará expectaremos expectaréis expectarán
conditional expectaría expectarías expectaría expectaríamos expectaríais expectarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present expecte expectestú
expectésvos2		 expecte expectemos expectéis expecten
imperfect
(ra)		 expectara expectaras expectara expectáramos expectarais expectaran
imperfect
(se)		 expectase expectases expectase expectásemos expectaseis expectasen
future1 expectare expectares expectare expectáremos expectareis expectaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative expectatú
expectávos		 expecte expectemos expectad expecten
negative no expectes no expecte no expectemos no expectéis no expecten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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