spera

See also: Spera, špera, and sperâ

Interlingua

Verb

spera

1. present of sperar
2. imperative of sperar

Italian

Verb

spera

1. inflection of sperare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Serpa, Sprea, aspre, parse, persa, presa, presà, raspe, saper, serpa, spare

Latin

Verb

spērā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of spērō

References

• “spera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "spera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “spera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s

Proto-Italic *spēs

Old Latin spēs

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Old Latin -ō

Old Latin *spēsō

Latin spērāre

Italian sperarebor.

Maltese spera

Borrowed from Italian sperare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛː.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

spera (imperfect jispera, past participle sperat, verbal noun sperar)

1. to hope

   Synonym: ttama

Conjugation

Conjugation of spera (i-type unadapted loan)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sperajt	sperajt	spera	sperajna	sperajtu	speraw
	f			sperat
imperfect	m	nispera	tispera	jispera	nisperaw	tisperaw	jisperaw
	f			tispera
imperative			spera			speraw
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sperajtx	sperajtx	spera	sperajniex	sperajtux	sperawx
	f			speratx
imperfect	m	nisperax	tisperax	jisperax	nisperawx	tisperawx	jisperawx
	f			tisperax
imperative			tisperax			tisperawx

Related terms

• speranza

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspe.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -e.rɑ

Noun

spera

1. genitive plural of spere

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spērāre, Italian sperare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speˈra/

• Audio:

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Verb

a spera (third-person singular present speră, past participle sperat, third-person subjunctive spere) 1st conjugation

1. to hope

   Synonym: nădăjdui

Conjugation

    conjugation of spera (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a spera
gerund			sperând
past participle			sperat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sper	speri	speră	sperăm	sperați	speră
	imperfect	speram	sperai	spera	speram	sperați	sperau
	simple perfect	sperai	sperași	speră	sperarăm	sperarăți	sperară
	pluperfect	sperasem	speraseși	sperase	speraserăm	speraserăți	speraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sper	să speri	să spere	să sperăm	să sperați	să spere
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		speră			sperați
	negative		nu spera			nu sperați

Related terms

• speranță
• sperare