Yap.Town

nosotros esperábamos

were expecting, expected, were waiting for, waited for

→ esperar
esper to wait + ábamos we-form imperfect past
verb · 1st-person plural, imperfect tense Uncommon #11,982
were expecting, expected
SP: Esperábamos buenas noticias.
EN: We were expecting good news.
were waiting for, waited for
SP: Esperábamos el autobús.
EN: We were waiting for the bus.
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

Hay menos opciones disponibles de las que esperábamos al inicio.

There are fewer options available than we initially expected.

No es lo que esperábamos.

It's not what we expected.

— Cónclave (2024)

Te esperábamos anoche.

We were expecting you last night.

— Suspiria: Alarido (1977)

No te esperábamos tan temprano.

We weren’t expecting you this early.

Tom ha hecho lo que esperábamos que hiciera.

Tom has done what we expected him to do.

Esperábamos una muerte más rápida.

We were expecting a quicker death.

— Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

Los esperábamos.

We were waiting for them.

— Solaris (1972)

Pintar nuestra casa nos llevó más tiempo del que esperábamos.

Painting our house took us longer than we expected.

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

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

Esperábamos que pudieras decirnos eso.

We were hoping you could tell us that.

— Proyecto: El Internado (2026)

Nosotros nunca lo esperábamos.

We never expected it.

Es lo que esperábamos.

It's what we expected.

Te esperábamos ayer.

We were expecting you yesterday.

— Solaris (1972)

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.

Esperábamos algo de dinero.

We were expecting some money.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

No es tan secreto como esperábamos.

It's not as secret as we expected.

— Realmente amor (2003)

Es justo lo que esperábamos.

It’s exactly what we were expecting.

— Wicked (2024)

La ayuda que tanto esperábamos.

The help we’d been waiting for so long.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Esperábamos ver ballenas en Brasil.

We were hoping to see whales in Brazil.

Y ahora llegó el momento que todos esperábamos.

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

Cuando menos esperábamos, él apareció.

When we least expected it, he appeared.

Esperábamos que pudieras hacerlo por nosotros.

We were hoping you could do it for us.

Te esperábamos hace horas.

We've been waiting for you for hours.

— Hamnet (2025)

Lo esperábamos.

We were expecting it.

— El Canto del Lobo (2019)

Esperábamos que fuera al parque con los niños esa tarde.

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

Puede que tarde más de lo que esperábamos.

It may take longer than we expected.

Le hemos estado dando mientras las esperábamos.

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

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Las audiciones no fueron todo lo bien que esperábamos.

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

Esperábamos terminar el trabajo antes de las fiestas.

We were hoping to finish the work before the holidays.

Los esperábamos en tres meses.

We expected them in three months.

— Viaje a las estrellas II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Todos esperábamos ansiosos su primer retorno en diez años.

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

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)

Te esperábamos.

We were expecting you.

— Zárójelentés (2020)

Esperábamos que ocurriera algo interesante.

We were hoping something interesting would happen.

La verdad, esperábamos contratar sus servicios.

Honestly, we were hoping to hire your services.