"spera" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈspɛː.ra/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sperare. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|it|sperare}} Borrowed from Italian sperare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jispera|sperat|vn=sperar}} spera (imperfect jispera, past participle sperat, verbal noun sperar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|sperajt|sperajt|spera|sperat|sperajna|sperajtu|speraw|nispera|tispera|jispera|tispera|nisperaw|tisperaw|jisperaw|spera|speraw}} Forms: jispera [imperfect], sperat [participle, past], sperar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], sperajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sperajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], spera [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], sperajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sperajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], speraw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], sperajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sperajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], sperat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], sperajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sperajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], speraw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nispera [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tispera [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jispera [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nisperaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tisperaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jisperaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nispera [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tispera [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tispera [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nisperaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tisperaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jisperaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], spera [imperative, second-person, singular], speraw [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to hope Synonyms: ttama Related terms: speranza
    Sense id: en-spera-mt-verb-Gq1PvyM1 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "15": "spera",
        "16": "speraw",
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        "4": "sperat",
        "5": "sperajna",
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛː.ra/"
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  ],
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}

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