esperar
A2to hope
esperar in every tense
All six simple tenses of esperar, every person included.
Presente (present)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | espero |
| tú | esperas |
| él/ella/usted | espera |
| nosotros | esperamos |
| vosotros | esperáis |
| ellos/ustedes | esperan |
Pretérito indefinido (preterite)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | esperé |
| tú | esperaste |
| él/ella/usted | esperó |
| nosotros | esperamos |
| vosotros | esperasteis |
| ellos/ustedes | esperaron |
Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | esperaba |
| tú | esperabas |
| él/ella/usted | esperaba |
| nosotros | esperábamos |
| vosotros | esperabais |
| ellos/ustedes | esperaban |
Futuro simple (future)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | esperaré |
| tú | esperarás |
| él/ella/usted | esperará |
| nosotros | esperaremos |
| vosotros | esperaréis |
| ellos/ustedes | esperarán |
Condicional simple (conditional)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | esperaría |
| tú | esperarías |
| él/ella/usted | esperaría |
| nosotros | esperaríamos |
| vosotros | esperaríais |
| ellos/ustedes | esperarían |
Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | espere |
| tú | esperes |
| él/ella/usted | espere |
| nosotros | esperemos |
| vosotros | esperéis |
| ellos/ustedes | esperen |
regular
esperar in example sentences
Forms of esperar appear in 1,555 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.
Words from the esperar family
Forms of esperar with their own word page:
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Nouns and adjectives built on the same stem:
Verbs conjugated like esperar
The same pattern (regular), nearest in the frequency list:
Make esperar automatic
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