Summary
expectations {noun}
esperanzas · expectativas
expectation {noun}
anticipación
to expect {verb}
aguardar · esperar · suponer · esperar (contar con) · anticipar · imaginar · prever
Synonyms
expectation: outlook · prospect · arithmetic mean
expect: have a bun in the oven · bear · carry
more (10)English-Spanish translation for "expectations"
"expectations" Spanish translation
expectations {noun}
expectations {pl} (also: hopes)
So we are now placing great hope and expectations in the announced White Paper.
Angola expects a great deal from as and we must really not fail these expectations.
Lisbon aroused expectations as far as rectifying these shortcomings is concerned.
Let us make a continual evaluation, but without creating unnecessary expectations.
The Commission is convinced that those expectations should not be disappointed.
expectations {pl}
I hope that we will live up to his expectations in the months and years ahead.
We are sure that the Commission will respond once again to these expectations.
Our citizens have higher expectations than that, and we do not have much time.
He is also a candidate who should live up to the expectations of this House.
Secondly, an agenda such as this creates expectations which we need to meet.
expectation {noun}
expectation {noun} (also: beforehand, earliness, anticipation)
This expectation is unfounded and particularly ill-timed.
to expect {verb}
to expect [expected|expected] {vb} (also: to wait for, to balk, to bide, to wait)
Results of two clinical trials are expected in 2008.
With expectant management, signs of placental separation are awaited and the placenta is delivered spontaneously.
They are expecting to see, or perhaps to see once again, the fierce and unrelenting attacks on their country by terrifying fleets of F15s, F16s, B1s, B2s, B52s, Awacs and Apaches.
to expect [expected|expected] {vb} (also: to hope, to hope for)
It would be something we could all work towards and we would know what to expect.
As you would expect we are supporting Amendments Nos 1 to 6, submitted by the PSE.
But we can also expect that drastic changes will take place in voice telephony.
I should like to know from the Commission when we can expect the evaluation.
These women need to know what they can expect from membership of the European Union.
to expect [expected|expected] {vb} (also: to assume, to presume, to fancy, to suppose)
I also expect a great deal from improvements to the conditions in which animals are kept.
No one can expect a Member of Parliament to work here for ECU 2 827.
We have to expect that it will take time to implement this report.
As he would expect, the Commission took an active interest in those proceedings but I will give him details in a letter.
Of course the Cox report cannot be expected to deal with all these problems at once.
to expect [expected|expected] {vb}
This time, Slovenia does not wish to accept this kind of imposition of conditions, and expects understanding and sympathy from the European Union.
to expect [expected|expected] {vb} (also: to advance, to bring forward, to forestall, to apologize for)
As far back as 5-9-2001 I expressed the expectation that they will be disappointed, but I respect their choice.
Food prices, particularly for more nutritious foods, are expected to rise, making it more difficult for families to eat healthy foods.
to expect [expected|expected] {v.t.} (also: to think up, to assume, to come up with)
In such circumstances, how can we expect the European Union's social policy to be taken seriously?
His visit will, naturally, be brought up at Gothenburg and, as you would expect, I shall also be referring to this in my speech.
There the tragedy has now exceeded everyone's expectations.
It was almost what I was expecting.
to expect [expected|expected] {v.t.} (also: to predict, to foresee, to anticipate)
When can we expect to see it, so that we can have more data and facts?
We must therefore expect future intergovernmental conferences to substantiate how this is to be done.
Moreover, we can expect the proposal to have a positive impact on employment and small and medium-sized businesses.
We must expect it to be long too.
We can expect a large number of disputes about rules being flouted and competition being distorted in years to come.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "expectation":
© Princeton Universityoutlook · prospect · arithmetic mean · first moment · expected value · anticipation
Synonyms (English) for "expect":
© Princeton Universityhave a bun in the oven · bear · carry · gestate · anticipate · look · await · wait · ask · require
Usage examples
Usage examples for "expectations" in Spanish
Similar words
expandable · expansible · expansion · expansive · expat · expatriate · expatriation · expectancy · expectant · expectation · expectations · expected · expecting · expectoration · expediency · expedient · expediting · expedition · expeditionary · expeditiously · expeditor
Even more translations in the Romanian-English dictionary by bab.la.