esperarse

esperarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (aguardar) to wait

■ espérense en recepción please wait in reception

2 (creer, contar) to expect

■ se espera que seas puntual you're expected to be punctual

3 (desear) to hope

■ se espera que lo hayan pasado bien we hope you've had a good time

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1) to expect

2) hold on, hang on

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VPR

1) [uso impersonal] to be expected

como podía esperarse — as was to be expected

no fue tan bueno como se esperaba — it was not as good as expected

se espera que asistan más de mil personas — more than a thousand people are expected to attend

2) * (=uso enfático)

¡espérate un momento! — wait a minute!, hold on a minute!

espérate a que deje de llover — wait until it stops raining

¡no es lo que me esperaba! — it's not what I was expecting!

¡me lo esperaba! — I was expecting this!

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(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horses

Ex. Over the last couple of months, drug companies had been holding their horses in the hope that the new budget would bring them some relief.

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(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horses

Ex: Over the last couple of months, drug companies had been holding their horses in the hope that the new budget would bring them some relief.

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vpr

1. [imaginarse, figurarse] to expect;

ya me esperaba yo esta contestación I expected that answer;

se esperaban lo peor they expected o feared the worst;

esto no me lo esperaba I wasn't expecting this;

ya me lo esperaba I expected as much;

¿qué te esperabas? what did you expect?;

esperarse algo de alguien to expect sth of sb;

no me esperaba eso de ti I didn't expect that of you, I never thought you'd do that

2. [aguardar] to wait;

espérate un momento wait a minute;

esperarse a que alguien haga algo to wait for sb to do sth;

no te esperes a que nadie resuelva tus problemas don't wait for other people to solve your problems

3. [uso impersonal] to be expected;

se esperan lluvias en toda la región rain is expected o there will be rain across the whole region;

se espera que acudan varios miles de personas several thousand people are expected to attend;

se esperaba que hiciera unas declaraciones he was expected to make a statement

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vr

1) : to expect, to be hoped

como podría esperarse: as would be expected

2) : to hold on, to hang on

espérate un momento: hold on a minute