HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of esperi | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
esˈperi

Definitions

  1. to hope
    ambitransitive
  2. Equivalent to 'hope': A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

Equivalents

English hope
Kurdî hope

Examples

“Mi esperas, ke li ne preterlasis la vagonaron.”

I hope he didn't miss the train.

“Mi esperas, ke mi mem min helpos.”

I hope I can help myself.

“Ĉu vi supozus, ke mi ĝojos pri la malnobleco de viaj parencoj? — gratulos min, ke mi esperas parencojn, kies vivkondiĉoj estas tiom definitive sub la miaj?”

Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connexions? — to congratulate myself on the hope of relations, whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own?

“Eblas diri, ke ŝi estas "feministo" en epoko, kiam virinoj ankoraŭ ne esperis havi la samajn rajtojn, kiujn havis viroj.”

It's possible to say she was a "feminist" in an epoch, when women did not yet hope to have the same rights as men did.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See esperi used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free