aspettare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin exspectāre (wait for, expect, hope for), with the prefix taken from the related aspectāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.spetˈta.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧spet‧tà‧re

Verb

aspettàre (first-person singular present aspètto, first-person singular past historic aspettài, past participle aspettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait for, await, wait [+ di (infinitive)] or [+ che (subjunctive)]
    Synonym: attendere
    abbiamo aspettato troppowe've waited for too long
    aspetta l'autobushe's waiting for the bus
    aspetta di ottenere la promozione
    he's waiting to obtain the promotion
    aspetto che si faccia vivo
    I'm waiting for him to show up
    (literally, “that he shows up”)

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Further reading

  • aspettare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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