esperaba

expected, i expected, i was waiting for

Verb esperaba

First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of esperar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of esperar.

Examples

Eres la última persona que esperaba encontrarme.

You are the last person that I expected to meet.

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Gastamos más dinero de lo que se esperaba.

We spent more money than was expected.

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No esperaba encontrarte.

I didn't expect to meet you.

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Le esperaba un terrible destino.

A terrible fate awaited him.

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Él no esperaba verlo.

He wasn't expecting to see you.

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No esperaba nada.

I didn't expect anything.

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El jardín era más grande de lo que esperaba.

The garden was larger than I had expected.

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Es exactamente como esperaba.

It's exactly as I expected.

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Ella esperaba que él le comprase un regalo caro.

She expected him to buy her an expensive gift.

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Es bastante diferente de lo que esperaba.

It's really different from what I expected.

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