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)

1. expectation (that which is expected or looked for)

Further reading

• “expectativa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “expectatiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• expetativa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ispe(k)taˈtʃivɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ɐjʃpɛtɐˈtivɐ/, /(ɨ)ʃpɛtɐˈtivɐ/
• Hyphenation: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va

Noun

expectativa f (plural expectativas)

1. expectation (that which is expected or looked for)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeɡtaˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞a]
• Hyphenation: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va

Noun

expectativa f (plural expectativas)

1. expectation (that which is expected or looked for)

Derived terms

• moderar las expectativas (“to temper one's expectations”)

Further reading

• “expectativa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014