expetativa
Portuguese, noun/(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/
expetativa is spelled E-X-P-E-T-A-T-I-V-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expetativa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of expectativa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intenção, projeção do pensamento sobre o futuro, querendo que seja conforme uma ideia determinada, esperança”.
What does expetativa mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininealternative form of expectativa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intenção, projeção do pensamento sobre o futuro, querendo que seja conforme uma ideia determinada, esperança 2. probabilidade
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 expetativa
- expetativas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expetativa?
- Portugal /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/
- Portugal /ɐjʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/
- Portugal /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is expetativa in Portuguese?
expetativa appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).