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1 esperarse
1 (aguardar) to wait2 (creer, contar) to expect3 (desear) to hope* * *1) to expect2) hold on, hang on* * *VPR1) [uso impersonal] to be expected2) * (=uso enfático)¡espérate un momento! — wait a minute!, hold on a minute!
¡no es lo que me esperaba! — it's not what I was expecting!
¡me lo esperaba! — I was expecting this!
* * *(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horsesEx. 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.* * *(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horsesEx: 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.
* * *vpr1. [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 that2. [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 problems3. [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* * *vr1) : to expect, to be hopedcomo podría esperarse: as would be expected2) : to hold on, to hang onespérate un momento: hold on a minute
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