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1 unrealistic
tr[ʌnrɪə'lɪstɪk]1 poco realistaunrealistic [.ʌn.ri:ə'lɪstɪk] adj: poco realistaadj.• fantástico, -a adj.• impracticable adj.• poco realista adj.'ʌnriːə'lɪstɪk, ˌʌnriə'lɪstɪkadjective < expectations> poco realista['ʌnrɪǝ'lɪstɪk]ADJ poco realistait is unrealistic to expect that... — no es realista esperar que...
* * *['ʌnriːə'lɪstɪk, ˌʌnriə'lɪstɪk]adjective < expectations> poco realista -
2 esperar
esperar ( conjugate esperar) verbo transitivo 1◊ ¿qué estás esperando para decírselo? tell him! what are you waiting for?2 cuando uno menos lo espera when you least expect it; te espero alrededor de las nueve I'll expect you around nine; ¿esperabas que te felicitara? did you expect me to congratulate you?; era de esperar que el proyecto fracasara the project was bound to fail 3 ( con esperanza) to hope; eso espero or espero que sí I hope so; esperar hacer algo to hope to do sth; espero que no llueva I hope it doesn't rain; esperemos que no sea nada grave let's hope it's nothing serious verbo intransitivo espera a estar seguro wait until you're sure; esperaron (a) que él se fuera para entrar they waited for him to go before they went inb) [ embarazada]:esperarse verbo pronominal 1 (fam) ( aguardar) to hang on (colloq), to hold on (colloq) 2 (fam) ( prever) to expect;◊ ¡quién se lo iba a esperar! who would have thought it!
esperar
I verbo transitivo
1 (aguardar) to wait for: espera un momento, ¿seguro que hablas del mismo Pedro?, wait a minute, are you sure you're talking about the same Peter?
2 (tener esperanza) to hope: espero que todo salga bien, I hope everything turns out well ➣ Ver nota en hope 3 (desear, suponer) to expect
4 fig (un hijo) to expect ➣ Ver nota en expect
II verbo intransitivo to wait: no puedo esperar más, I can't wait any longer Locuciones: familiar de aquí te espero, incredible, massive: afuera hay un follón de aquí te espero, there's an incredible mess outside
esperar sentado, to have a long wait in store: si creéis que voy a participar en esa locura podéis esperar sentados, if you think that I'm going to have any part of that madness, you'll have to wait a long time Esperar tiene tres significados básicos, que corresponden a tres verbos ingleses: Aguardar, en sentido general, se traduce por to wait: Llevo media hora esperándote, I've been waiting for you for half an hour.
Tener esperanza, desear, se traduce por to hope: Espero que vengas mañana. I hope you will come tomorrow. Espero que sí. I hope so.
Suponer, esperar algo sabiendo que es muy probable que ocurra, se traduce por to expect: Espero la visita de un amigo (sabemos que va a venir). I'm expecting a friend to call.
' esperar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acecho - aguardar - amabilidad - cruzarse - ser - esperanza - pelaje - pendiente - prometerse - satisfacción - como - esperado - exigir - favor - hacer - mucho - preferir English: aim - anticipate - await - bargain for - bargain on - daydream - eruption - expect - hang about - hang around - hang on - hold off - hold on - hope - magic wand - sit up - to - trust - wait - wait about - wait around - wind - would - bear - bide - count - dark - delay - duly - else - hang - hold - mind - unprepared - unrealistic
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