expectativa
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əks.pək.təˈti.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.pək.təˈti.və]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.pek.taˈti.va]
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectatives)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Further reading
- “expectativa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “expectatiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “expectativa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “expectativa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /is.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /is.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /iʃ.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /iʃ.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.va/, /es.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/, /ɐjʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.bɐ/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.βɐ], /ejʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.bɐ/ [ejʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.βɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/, /ejʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/, /eʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- Hyphenation: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectativas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡspeɡtaˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectativas)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
- Synonyms: expectación, esperanza
Derived terms
- a la expectativa
- moderar las expectativas (“to temper one's expectations”)
Further reading
- “expectativa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024