expectación
Spanish, noun/eɡspeɡtaˈθjon/
expectación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “expectation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Interés muy grande que se siente a causa de la espera de algo”.
What does expectación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpectation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Interés muy grande que se siente a causa de la espera de algo. 2. Observación a algo que se exhibe al público. 3. Dícese de la fiesta en honor a la Virgen María el 18 de diciembre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of expectación
- expectaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expectación?
- /eɡspeɡtaˈθjon/
- [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪aˈθjõn]
- /eɡspeɡtaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expectación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expectación in Spanish?
expectación appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).