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nosotros esperábamos

we were waiting, we were hoping

→ esperar
esper to wait (for) + ábamos 1st-person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · first plural · imperfect indicative Uncommon #9,544
we were waiting, we were hoping Imperfect tense (nosotros).
SP: Esperábamos el autobús cuando empezó a llover.
EN: We were waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
Conjugation of esperar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First esperaba esperábamos
Second esperabas —
Third esperaba esperaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First esperaba esperábamos
Second esperabas —
Third esperaba esperaban
esperase

Los esperábamos.

We were waiting for them.

— Solaris (1972)

Le hemos estado dando mientras las esperábamos.

We've been giving it to them while we waited for them.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Esperábamos que fuera al parque con los niños esa tarde.

We were hoping he would go to the park with the children that afternoon.

Esperábamos una muerte más rápida.

We were expecting a quicker death.

— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)

Te esperábamos hace horas.

We've been waiting for you for hours.

— Hamnet (2025)

Todos esperábamos ansiosos su primer retorno en diez años.

We were all eagerly awaiting his first return in ten years.

Tom ha hecho lo que esperábamos que hiciera.

Tom has done what we expected him to do.

Os esperábamos.

We were expecting you.

— La dolce vita (1960)

No creo que la casa sea tan grande como nos esperábamos.

I don't think the house is as big as we expected.

No es tan secreto como esperábamos.

It's not as secret as we expected.

— Love Actually (2003)

Y ahora llegó el momento que todos esperábamos.

And now the moment we've all been waiting for has arrived.

Esperábamos que pudieras decirnos eso.

We were hoping you could tell us that.

— The Internship (2026)

La peor noticia llegó cuando menos la esperábamos, justo antes de las fiestas.

The worst news came when we least expected it, just before the holidays.

Los esperábamos en tres meses.

We expected them in three months.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Esperábamos mejores condiciones.

We expected better conditions.

Esperábamos terminar el trabajo antes de las fiestas.

We were hoping to finish the work before the holidays.

Es justo lo que esperábamos.

It’s exactly what we were expecting.

— Wicked (2024)

Lo esperábamos.

We were expecting it.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

Te esperábamos ayer.

We were expecting you yesterday.

— Solaris (1972)

La verdad, esperábamos contratar sus servicios.

Honestly, we were hoping to hire your services.

Hay menos opciones disponibles de las que esperábamos al inicio.

There are fewer options available than we initially expected.

Esperábamos que ocurriera algo interesante.

We were hoping something interesting would happen.

No te esperábamos tan temprano.

We weren’t expecting you this early.

Nosotros nunca lo esperábamos.

We never expected it.

Esperábamos ver ballenas en Brasil.

We were hoping to see whales in Brazil.

Las audiciones no fueron todo lo bien que esperábamos.

The auditions didn’t go as well as we had hoped.

Te esperábamos.

We were expecting you.

— El médico de Budapest (2020)

Cuando menos esperábamos, él apareció.

When we least expected it, he appeared.

Esperábamos algo de dinero.

We were expecting some money.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

No es lo que esperábamos.

It's not what we expected.

— Cónclave (2024)

Esperábamos que pudieras hacerlo por nosotros.

We were hoping you could do it for us.

Es lo que esperábamos.

It's what we expected.

Te esperábamos anoche.

We were expecting you last night.

— Suspiria (1977)

Esa no es la respuesta que esperábamos.

That is not the answer we expected.

Es la estrella que esperábamos para empezar la Nochebuena.

It's the star we were waiting for to start Christmas Eve.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Pintar nuestra casa nos llevó más tiempo del que esperábamos.

Painting our house took us longer than we expected.

Puede que tarde más de lo que esperábamos.

It may take longer than we expected.