espera
Portuguese, noun/isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
espera is spelled E-S-P-E-R-A (6 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 824th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wait (time spent waiting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of esperar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de esperar”.
What does espera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewait (time spent waiting)
- 2
feminineambush (wait for someone in order to attack them)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de esperar 2. esperança 3. adiamento 4. demora
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espera
- esperas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espera?
- Brazil /isˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /esˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
- /iʃˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espera in Portuguese?
espera appears 117 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).