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/
Audio (file) - 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)
- (transitive, intransitive) to wait for, await, wait [+ di (infinitive)] or [+ che (subjunctive)]
- Synonym: attendere
- abbiamo aspettato troppo ― we've waited for too long
- aspetta l'autobus ― he'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”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Synonyms
- (by extension) desiderare, bramare, sospirare
- (intransitive) fermarsi, stare fermo, trattenersi, indugiare, traccheggiare
Related terms
Related terms
Further reading
- aspettare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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