« to expect » en sept langues
Sensto expect
Espagnol
/espeˈɾaɾ/
autre source · Latin SPĒRĀRE 'to hope'
One verb for three English ones: to hope, to wait and to expect.
Français
/satɑ̃dʁ a/
autre source · Latin ATTENDERE 'to turn one's mind to'
Attendre alone is 'to wait'.
Italien
/aspetˈtarsi/
autre source · Latin ASPECTĀRE 'to keep looking at', crossed with EXSPECTĀRE
Aspettare alone is 'to wait'.
Portugais
/ispeˈɾah/
autre source · Latin SPĒRĀRE 'to hope'
Roumain
/se aʃtepˈta/
héréditaire
Romanian turned Latin -CT- into -pt-: EXSPECTĀRE → aștepta, as NOCTEM → noapte.
Catalan
/əspəˈɾa/
autre source · Latin SPĒRĀRE 'to hope'
Anglais
/ɪkˈspɛkt/
du latin/français · Latin EXSPECTĀRE
L’ancêtre latin
EXSPECTĀRE‘to look out for, to await (EX + SPECTĀRE 'to look')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian turn 'to wait' into 'to expect' by making it reflexive — literally 'to wait to oneself'. Spanish uses the same esperar for hoping, waiting and expecting.
Parents anglais: expectation, spectator, inspect
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esNo esperaba a tanta gente.
- frJe ne m'attendais pas à autant de monde.
- itNon mi aspettavo così tanta gente.
- ptEu não esperava tanta gente.
- roNu mă așteptam la atâta lume.
- caNo m'esperava tanta gent.
- enI didn't expect so many people.
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