"espera" meaning in Portuguese

See espera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /iʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /eʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /esˈpɛ.ɾa/ [Southern-Brazil], /(i)ʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: esperas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ Etymology: Deverbal from esperar. From Old Galician-Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), from Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”). Etymology templates: {{deverbal|pt|esperar}} Deverbal from esperar, {{der|pt|roa-opt|esperar||to wait; to hope}} Old Galician-Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), {{der|pt|la|spero|spērāre|to hope; to await}} Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*speh₁-||to prosper, to turn out well}} Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} espera f (plural esperas)
  1. wait (time spent waiting) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-espera-pt-noun-uT4pB3YQ
  2. ambush (wait for someone in order to attack them) Tags: feminine Synonyms: esperinha
    Sense id: en-espera-pt-noun-I3OlkoxS Categories (other): Portuguese deverbals Disambiguation of Portuguese deverbals: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compasso de espera, em espera, esperinha, sala de espera
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /iʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /eʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /esˈpɛ.ɾa/ [Southern-Brazil], /(i)ʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} espera
  1. inflection of esperar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: esperar
    Sense id: en-espera-pt-verb-EOpQun3j Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 12 2 18 3 18 3 1 2 18 3 0 18 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 19 2 19 2 1 1 19 2 0 19 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 74 18
  2. inflection of esperar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: esperar
    Sense id: en-espera-pt-verb-qsl527Zp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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