esperi
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word esperi. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word esperi, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say esperi in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word esperi you have here. The definition of the word esperi will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofesperi, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Catalan
Verb
esperi
- inflection of esperar:
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from French espérer and Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
esperi (present esperas, past esperis, future esperos, conditional esperus, volitive esperu)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hope
- 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 1:
- Mi esperas, ke li ne preterlasis la vagonaron.
- I hope he didn't miss the train.
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 67:
- Mi esperas, ke mi mem min helpos.
- I hope I can help myself.
- (Can we date this quote?), Donald J. Harlow (translator), Fiereco kaj antaŭjuĝemo, translation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, archived from the original on 2 March 2012, chapter 34:
- Ĉu vi supozus, ke mi ĝojos pri la malnobleco de viaj parencoj? — gratulos min, ke mi esperas parencojn, kies vivkondiĉoj estas tiom definitive sub la miaj?
- Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connexions? — to congratulate myself on the hope of relations, whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own?
Conjugation
Conjugation of esperi
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
