aguardar

Asturian

Verb

aguardar (first-person singular indicative present aguardo, past participle aguardáu)

1. (intransitive) to wait (delay until some event)

   Synonym: esperar

Conjugation

Conjugation of aguardar

infinitive		aguardar
gerund		aguardando
past participle		m aguardáu, f aguardada, n aguardao, m pl aguardaos, f pl aguardaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	aguardo	aguardes	aguarda	aguardamos	aguardáis	aguarden
	imperfect	aguardaba	aguardabes	aguardaba	aguardábemos, aguardábamos	aguardabeis, aguardabais	aguardaben
	preterite	aguardé	aguardasti, aguardesti	aguardó	aguardemos	aguardastis, aguardestis	aguardaron
	pluperfect	aguardare, aguardara	aguardares, aguardaras	aguardare, aguardara	aguardáremos, aguardáramos	aguardareis, aguardarais	aguardaren, aguardaran
	future	aguardaré	aguardarás	aguardará	aguardaremos	aguardaréis	aguardarán
	conditional	aguardaría	aguardaríes	aguardaría	aguardaríemos, aguardaríamos	aguardaríeis, aguardaríais	aguardaríen
subjunctive	present	aguarde	aguardes, aguardas	aguarde	aguardemos	aguardéis	aguarden, aguardan
	imperfect	aguardare, aguardara	aguardares, aguardaras	aguardare, aguardara	aguardáremos, aguardáramos	aguardareis, aguardarais	aguardaren, aguardaran
imperative		—	aguarda	—	—	aguardái	—

Further reading

• “aguardar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “aguardar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguardar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ guardar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwaʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣwɐɾˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧guar‧dar

Verb

aguardar (first-person singular present aguardo, first-person singular preterite aguardei, past participle aguardado)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to await [transitive or with por ‘something expected’]

   Aguardo notícias ansiosamente.

   I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

   (literally, “I'm anxiously awaiting news.”)

2. (transitive) to expect
3. (transitive) to obey
4. (intransitive) to wait

   Synonym: esperar

   Por favor, aguarde um momento. ― Please wait a little while.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aguardar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aguardar
Personal	aguardar	aguardares	aguardar	aguardarmos	aguardardes	aguardarem
Gerund
	aguardando
Past participle
Masculine	aguardado			aguardados
Feminine	aguardada			aguardadas
Indicative
Present	aguardo	aguardas	aguarda	aguardamos	aguardais	aguardam
Imperfect	aguardava	aguardavas	aguardava	aguardávamos	aguardáveis	aguardavam
Preterite	aguardei	aguardaste	aguardou	aguardamos1, aguardámos2	aguardastes	aguardaram
Pluperfect	aguardara	aguardaras	aguardara	aguardáramos	aguardáreis	aguardaram
Future	aguardarei	aguardarás	aguardará	aguardaremos	aguardareis	aguardarão
Conditional	aguardaria	aguardarias	aguardaria	aguardaríamos	aguardaríeis	aguardariam
Subjunctive
Present	aguarde	aguardes	aguarde	aguardemos	aguardeis	aguardem
Imperfect	aguardasse	aguardasses	aguardasse	aguardássemos	aguardásseis	aguardassem
Future	aguardar	aguardares	aguardar	aguardarmos	aguardardes	aguardarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aguarda	aguarde	aguardemos	aguardai	aguardem
Negative (não)		não aguardes	não aguarde	não aguardemos	não aguardeis	não aguardem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aguardar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aguardar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ guardar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧guar‧dar

Verb

aguardar (first-person singular present aguardo, first-person singular preterite aguardé, past participle aguardado)

1. to wait

   Synonym: esperar

2. to expect

   Synonym: esperar

   Lo aguardamos mañana a las diez.

   We expect him tomorrow at ten o'clock.

3. to have in store (for)

   Synonym: deparar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 177:

     La persona que quiera saber la suerte que le aguarda, no tiene sino […]

     Whoever wants to know what fortune has in store for her needs only […]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aguardar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aguardar
gerund			aguardando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aguardado		aguardada
		plural		aguardados		aguardadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aguardo	aguardastú aguardásvos	aguarda	aguardamos	aguardáis	aguardan
	imperfect	aguardaba	aguardabas	aguardaba	aguardábamos	aguardabais	aguardaban
	preterite	aguardé	aguardaste	aguardó	aguardamos	aguardasteis	aguardaron
	future	aguardaré	aguardarás	aguardará	aguardaremos	aguardaréis	aguardarán
	conditional	aguardaría	aguardarías	aguardaría	aguardaríamos	aguardaríais	aguardarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aguarde	aguardestú aguardésvos2	aguarde	aguardemos	aguardéis	aguarden
	imperfect (ra)	aguardara	aguardaras	aguardara	aguardáramos	aguardarais	aguardaran
	imperfect (se)	aguardase	aguardases	aguardase	aguardásemos	aguardaseis	aguardasen
	future1	aguardare	aguardares	aguardare	aguardáremos	aguardareis	aguardaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aguardatú aguardávos	aguarde	aguardemos	aguardad	aguarden
	negative		no aguardes	no aguarde	no aguardemos	no aguardéis	no aguarden

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of aguardar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive aguardar	dative	aguardarme	aguardarte	aguardarle, aguardarse	aguardarnos	aguardaros	aguardarles, aguardarse
	accusative	aguardarme	aguardarte	aguardarlo, aguardarla, aguardarse	aguardarnos	aguardaros	aguardarlos, aguardarlas, aguardarse
with gerund aguardando	dative	aguardándome	aguardándote	aguardándole, aguardándose	aguardándonos	aguardándoos	aguardándoles, aguardándose
	accusative	aguardándome	aguardándote	aguardándolo, aguardándola, aguardándose	aguardándonos	aguardándoos	aguardándolos, aguardándolas, aguardándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aguarda	dative	aguárdame	aguárdate	aguárdale	aguárdanos	not used	aguárdales
	accusative	aguárdame	aguárdate	aguárdalo, aguárdala	aguárdanos	not used	aguárdalos, aguárdalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative aguardá	dative	aguardame	aguardate	aguardale	aguardanos	not used	aguardales
	accusative	aguardame	aguardate	aguardalo, aguardala	aguardanos	not used	aguardalos, aguardalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aguarde	dative	aguárdeme	not used	aguárdele, aguárdese	aguárdenos	not used	aguárdeles
	accusative	aguárdeme	not used	aguárdelo, aguárdela, aguárdese	aguárdenos	not used	aguárdelos, aguárdelas
with first-person plural imperative aguardemos	dative	not used	aguardémoste	aguardémosle	aguardémonos	aguardémoos	aguardémosles
	accusative	not used	aguardémoste	aguardémoslo, aguardémosla	aguardémonos	aguardémoos	aguardémoslos, aguardémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aguardad	dative	aguardadme	not used	aguardadle	aguardadnos	aguardaos	aguardadles
	accusative	aguardadme	not used	aguardadlo, aguardadla	aguardadnos	aguardaos	aguardadlos, aguardadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aguarden	dative	aguárdenme	not used	aguárdenle	aguárdennos	not used	aguárdenles, aguárdense
	accusative	aguárdenme	not used	aguárdenlo, aguárdenla	aguárdennos	not used	aguárdenlos, aguárdenlas, aguárdense

Derived terms

• aguardadero
• aguardador
• aguardamiento
• aguardo

Further reading

• “aguardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025