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, 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

• expetativa (Portugal)

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/

• (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/

• (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)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeɡtaˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va

Noun

expectativa f (plural expectativas)

1. 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], 2024 December 10