to wait; (intransitive, or transitive with por or with no preposition) to wait (for); to await / to wait; (transitive, auxiliary with a verb in the personal infinitive as the second object) to wait for (not to do anything until) / to hope; (transitive with por) to hope for (to really want something) / to hope; (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking que and a verb in the present subjunctive) to hope (that) someone does something / to hope; (auxiliary with a verb in the personal or impersonal infinitive) to hope something can be done / (intransitive, or transitive with por or with no preposition) to expect; to anticipate (to know or think that something will happen)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see esperar, sentado. / to wait for something that is unlikely to happen soon or at all

(usually in the imperative) to hang on; to wait a minute

Alternative form of como já era de se esperar

unsurprisingly

second-person singular future indicative of esperar

third-person singular future indicative of esperar

first-person plural conditional of esperar

first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of esperar

second-person singular pluperfect indicative of esperar