expectativa
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əks.pək.təˈti.və/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əks.pək.təˈti.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.pek.taˈti.va/
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectatives)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Further reading
- “expectativa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “expectatiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “expectativa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “expectativa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- expetativa (European)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /is.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /is.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /es.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /iʃ.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pe.ki.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /iʃ.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /eʃ.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pek.taˈt͡ʃi.va/, /es.pe.taˈt͡ʃi.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐjʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ejʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /eʃ.pɛ.ktɐˈti.vɐ/
- Hyphenation: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectativas) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡspeɡtaˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.peɣ̞.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: ex‧pec‧ta‧ti‧va
Noun
expectativa f (plural expectativas)
- expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Derived terms
- moderar las expectativas (“to temper one's expectations”)
Further reading
- “expectativa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014