"esperar" meaning in Catalan

See esperar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [əs.pəˈɾa] [Balearic, Central, Northern], [es.peˈɾaɾ] [Valencia], [es.peˈɾa] [Northwestern] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-esperar.wav [Catalonia]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ) Etymology: Inherited from Latin spērāre. 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root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ Inflection templates: {{ca-conj}} Forms: esperar [canonical], root stress: [canonical], e̞ [canonical], /e/ [canonical], espero [first-person, present, singular], esperí [first-person, preterite, singular], esperat [participle, past], conjugation-1 [table-tags], esperar [infinitive], esperant [gerund], esperat [masculine, participle, past, singular], esperada [feminine, participle, past, singular], esperats [masculine, participle, past, plural], esperades [feminine, participle, past, plural], espero [first-person, indicative, present, singular], esperes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], espera [indicative, present, singular, third-person], esperem [first-person, indicative, plural, present], espereu [indicative, plural, present, second-person], esperen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], esperava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], esperaves [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], esperava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], esperàvem [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], esperàveu [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], esperaven [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], esperaré [first-person, future, indicative, singular], esperaràs [future, indicative, second-person, singular], esperarà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], esperarem [first-person, future, indicative, plural], esperareu [future, indicative, plural, second-person], esperaran [future, indicative, plural, third-person], esperí [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], esperares [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], esperà [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], esperàrem [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], esperàreu [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], esperaren [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], esperaria [conditional, first-person, indicative, singular], esperaries [conditional, indicative, second-person, singular], esperaria [conditional, indicative, singular, third-person], esperaríem [conditional, first-person, indicative, plural], esperaríeu [conditional, indicative, plural, second-person], esperarien [conditional, indicative, plural, third-person], esperi [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], esperis [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], esperi [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], esperem [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], espereu [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], esperin [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], esperés [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], esperessis [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], esperés [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], esperéssim [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], esperéssiu [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], esperessin [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], espera [imperative, second-person], esperi [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular], esperem [first-person, imperative, plural], espereu [imperative, plural, second-person], esperin [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically], no esperis [imperative, negative, second-person], no esperi [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular], no esperem [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], no espereu [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], no esperin [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically]
  1. to wait, wait for, await Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia
    Sense id: en-esperar-ca-verb-E7gJQZ5s Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 25 54 11 11 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 33 20 20
  2. to hope Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia
    Sense id: en-esperar-ca-verb-Gq1PvyM1 Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 25 54 11 11 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 33 20 20
  3. to expect Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia
    Sense id: en-esperar-ca-verb-bbaRxNrr Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 25 54 11 11 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 33 20 20
  4. (pronominal) to expect Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, pronominal
    Sense id: en-esperar-ca-verb-bbaRxNrr1 Categories (other): Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 25 54 11 11 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 33 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: esperar-se Related terms: esperança

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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      "form": "/e/",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "esperarà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "esperarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "esperàreu",
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperaries",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperaria",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "esperaríem",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "form": "esperarien",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "esperi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "esperis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espereu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperés",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperessis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperés",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperéssim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperéssiu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperessin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espereu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esperin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no esperis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "root": "é"
      },
      "expansion": "esperar (first-person singular present espero, first-person singular preterite esperí, past participle esperat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/",
      "name": "ca-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ca-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "esperança"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wait, wait for, await"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hope"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to expect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to expect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pronominal) to expect"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia",
        "pronominal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[əs.pəˈɾa]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[es.peˈɾaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[es.peˈɾa]",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Catalonia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a(ɾ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "esperar"
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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