expectar

Borrowed from Latin expectāre, variant of exspectō (“to wait”). Alternatively, possible backformation from expectante interpreted as a present participle, influenced as well by expectación and expectativa.

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeɡˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pec‧tar

expectar (first-person singular present expecto, first-person singular preterite expecté, past participle expectado)

1. (literary) to wait

   Synonym: esperar

2. to expect

   Synonym: esperarse