expektar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English expect, Spanish expectación. Decision no. 46, Progreso III.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekspekˈtar/, /eɡzpekˈtar/

Verb

expektar (present expektas, past expektis, future expektos, conditional expektus, imperative expektez)

  1. (transitive) to expect, be in expectation of, look forward to

Conjugation
    Conjugation of expektar
present past future
infinitive expektar expektir expektor
tense expektas expektis expektos
conditional expektus
imperative expektez
adjective active participle expektanta expektinta expektonta
adverbial active participle expektante expektinte expektonte
nominal active participle singular expektanto expektinto expektonto
plural expektanti expektinti expektonti
adjective passive participle expektata expektita expektota
adverbial passive participle expektate expektite expektote
nominal passive participle singular expektato expektito expektoto
plural expektati expektiti expektoti

Usage notes

To anticipate a certain event in your mind. Vartar is preferably physical whilst expektar is mental.

Derived terms
  • expekto (“expectation, presumption”)
  • expekteso (“expectancy”)
  • expektala (“expectative”)
  • neexpektata (“unexpected, unthought of, unlooked for”)
  • neexpektita (“unexpected, unthought of, unlooked for”)

See also

References
  • Progreso I (in Ido), 1908–1909, page 304
  • Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 212
  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, pages 322, 423
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