Translation of expect – English–Portuguese dictionary

expect

verb
uk
/ɪkˈspekt/
us
/ɪkˈspekt/

THINK

B1 [ T ]
to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive
esperar, supor
We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job. Nós estamos esperando muitos candidatos para o cargo.
[ + (that) ] I expect (that) you'll find it somewhere in your bedroom. Eu suponho que você vai encontrá-lo em algum lugar do seu quarto.
I expect (that) he'd have left anyway.
[ + to infinitive ] He didn't expect to see me. Ele não esperava me ver.
The financial performance of the business is fully expected (= almost certain) to improve.
We were half expecting you not to come back.
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DEMAND

B2 [ T ]
to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing
esperar, ter expectativa
I expect punctuality from my students. Eu espero pontualidade dos meus alunos.
[ + to infinitive ] Borrowers are expected to (= should) return books on time. Espera-se que os que pedem emprestado devolvam os livros a tempo.
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BE PREGNANT

be expecting (a baby)
B2
to be pregnant
estar grávida
She shouldn't be lifting those boxes if she's expecting. Ela não deveria levantar aquelas caixas se está grávida.
Kate and Dom are expecting a baby.

(Translation of expect from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of expect | GLOBAL English–Portuguese Dictionary

expect
/ɪkˈspɛkt/
to think sth will happen
esperar
We’re expecting a drop in house prices. Esperamos uma queda nos preços de casas.
Don’t expect him to buy you a gift. Não espere que ele compre um presente para você.
It is expected that the population will grow rapidly. Espera-se que a população cresça rapidamente.
be expecting sb/sth
to think sb or sth will arrive
esperar algo/alguém
I’m expecting them any minute. Eu os espero a qualquer minuto.
I expect so
espero que sim
“Will we get paid?” “I expect so”. “Você será pago?” “Espero que sim.”
to require or insist that sth happens
esperar
We expect good behavior from all our students. Esperamos bom comportamento de todos os nossos alunos.
I expect employees to be polite at all times. Espero que os funcionários sejam educados o tempo todo.
be expecting (a baby)

(Translation of expect from the GLOBAL English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2021 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of expect

expect
This is as might be expected physically, presumably foretelling the onset of a higher mode as predicted by the airfoil model.
Shareholders expect returns on investments in pharmaceutical and biotechnologic companies.
To the extent that conversations are implicitly expected or planned to co-occur with dinners, coffee breaks, or other scheduled activities, they are also temporally constrained.
On the forum of land distribution, we should expect that the founding of the village took place some time between 1750 and 1775.
Thus, even if we were measuring the correct symptoms, we could expect that our purely categorical disease would be hidden within a continuous symptom distribution.
Clearly, for values of around 1, this cannot be expected because past inflation has almost no predictive power.
We expect these committees will not exhibit a strong tendency to fall in the majority party's target area on its side of the chamber median.
Thereby, a continuous supply of urea and amino acids to an open reaction system would be expected to overcome this limitation.
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Translations of expect

in Chinese (Traditional)
想, 預料,預計, 期待…
in Chinese (Simplified)
想, 预料,预计, 期待…
in Spanish
esperar…
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काहीतरी घडेल किंवा कोणी तरी येईल असा विचार करणे किंवा विश्वास ठेवणे, अपेक्षा…
~を予想する, 予期する, ~することを求める…
ummak, beklemek, talep etmek…
s’attendre à, prévoir, espèrer…
esperar…
verwachten, aannemen…
ஏதாவது நடக்கும் அல்லது யாராவது வருவார்கள் என்று நினைக்க அல்லது நம்ப, யாராவது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வழியில் நடந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும் அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட செயலைச் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று நினைப்பது…
अपेक्षा करना, आशा करना, अपेक्षा…
અપેક્ષા રાખવી, અપેક્ષા…
forvente, regne med, kræve…
vänta, räkna med, tro…
menunggu, menduga, memerlukan…
erwarten, ’rechnen auf, annehmen…
forvente, regne med, (for)vente…
توقع کرنا, امید کرنا…
чекати, сподіватися, вимагати…
ఆశించవచ్చు, ఏదైనా జరుగుతుందని లేదా ఎవరైనా వస్తారని ఆలోచించడం లేదా నమ్మడం, ఆశించు/ ఎవరైనా ఒక నిర్దిష్టమైన పద్ధతిలో ప్రవర్తించాలని లేదా నిర్దిష్టమైన పని చేయాలని ఆలోచించు…
আশা করা…
očekávat, předpokládat, myslit…
menunggu, menduga, memerlukan…
คาดว่า, เชื่อ, เรียกร้อง…
mong chờ, hy vọng, đòi hỏi…
oczekiwać, spodziewać się, wymagać…
-을 기대하다, -라고 예상하다…
aspettarsi, esigere, aspettare…
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