esperar

/espeˈɾaɾ/, [es.peˈɾaɾ]

expect, wait, wait for

Examples

Como perdí el tren, tuve que esperar alrededor de una hora para el próximo.

As I missed the train, I had to wait for the next one for about an hour.

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Ve a esperar afuera.

Go wait outside.

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¿Esto no puede esperar a mañana?

Can't this wait until tomorrow?

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¿Le he hecho esperar mucho?

Have I kept you waiting long?

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Pensé que querías esperar.

I thought you wanted to wait.

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¿Te he hecho esperar mucho?

Have I kept you waiting long?

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Lamento haberla hecho esperar.

I am sorry to have made you wait.

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No quiero esperar.

I don't want to wait.

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La locura es repetir los mismos errores y esperar resultados diferentes.

Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.

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Ya no puedo esperar.

I can't wait anymore.

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Tom no puede esperar.

Tom can't wait.

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Tom tiene que esperar a Mary.

Tom has to wait for Mary.

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¿De verdad quieres esperar dos horas?

Do you really want to wait for two hours?

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Tengo mejores cosas que hacer que sentarme todo el día a esperar a Tom.

I have better things to do than sit around all day waiting for Tom.

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Lo único que podía hacer ahora Sadako era hacer grullas de papel y esperar un milagro.

All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.

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No me gusta que me hagan esperar.

I don't like to be kept waiting.

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Tom me hizo esperar por más de treinta minutos.

Tom kept me waiting for more than 30 minutes.

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Espero que no te hayamos hecho esperar.

I hope we didn't keep you waiting.

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Tom tiene que esperar tres horas más.

Tom has to wait another three hours.

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Esperar no sirve de nada.

There's no point in waiting.

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