Expressões com Esperar

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Esperar

To wait, to hope, or to expect

Espera aí!

Hold on! / Wait a minute!

Peraí!

Hold up! / Hang on! (informal contraction of 'espera aí')

Aguentar as pontas

To hold the fort / To hold on during difficult times

Segurar a onda

To hold on / To stay calm / To wait it out

Sentar e esperar

To sit back and wait

Pode esperar sentado

Don't hold your breath (it's going to take forever)

Esperar em pé

To wait standing up

Ficar na expectativa

To be in eager anticipation / To look forward to something

Não vejo a hora de...

I can't wait to... / I can hardly wait to...

Mal posso esperar

I can barely wait / I can't wait

Dar um tempo

To take a break / To wait a while

Fila de espera

Waiting list / Queue

Sala de espera

Waiting room

Tempo de espera

Wait time / Waiting period

Em compasso de espera

In a holding pattern / On hold / In suspense

Esperar até as calendas gregas

To wait until the cows come home / To wait forever

Esperar para ver

To wait and see

Aguardar

To await / To wait for (more formal than 'esperar')

Aguarde um instante

Please hold / Wait a moment

Na fila do pão

In the queue (also used idiomatically in 'quem é você na fila do pão?')

Ficar de molho

To be put on the back burner / To be sidelined / To rest while waiting

Esperar de braços cruzados

To wait idly / To sit on one's hands

Ficar a ver navios

To be left empty-handed / To wait in vain

Segura aí!

Hold tight! / Wait there!

Ficar no vácuo

To be left hanging / To wait in vain for a reply

Ficar na fila

To stand in line / To wait in a queue

Apressar o passo

To hurry up (opposite of waiting)

Sem pressa

Take your time / No rush

Com calma

Without rushing / Patiently

Esperar pacientemente

To wait patiently

Esperar impacientemente

To wait impatiently

Quem espera sempre alcança

Good things come to those who wait

A esperança é a última que morre

Hope springs eternal

Esperar pelo melhor

To hope for the best

Esperar pelo pior

To expect the worst

Contar os minutos

To count the minutes / To wait eagerly

Contar os segundos

To count the seconds

Contar os dias

To count down the days

Chegar na hora

To arrive on time (so no one waits)

Chá de cadeira

A long and boring wait

Levar um chá de cadeira

To be kept waiting for a very long time

Dar um bolo

To stand someone up (leave them waiting)

Levar um bolo

To get stood up (wait for someone who doesn't show)

Segurar as pontas até...

To hold out until...

Adiar

To postpone / To put off

Postergar

To delay / To procrastinate / To defer

Ganhar tempo

To buy time / To stall

Enrolar

To stall / To dilly-dally / To make someone wait

Fazer hora

To kill time / To wait around

Matar o tempo

To kill time

Passar o tempo

To pass the time

De molho

On hold / Resting / In limbo

Ficar na moita

To lie low / To bide one's time

Esperar a poeira baixar

To wait for the dust to settle

Esperar a maré baixar

To wait for things to calm down

No devido tempo

In due time / In due course

Dar tempo ao tempo

To let time take its course / To be patient

Não ter pressa

To be in no rush / To take one's time

Estar na expectativa

To be expecting / To look forward to

Esperar ansiosamente

To wait anxiously / To wait eagerly

Não vejo a hora!

I can't wait!

Estar por um fio

To hang by a thread (waiting nervously for an outcome)

Esperar sentado para não cansar

Better sit down so you don't get tired (ironic way to say it won't happen soon)

Deixar em espera

To put on hold