aguardar

aguardar (first-person singular indicative present aguardo, past participle aguardáu)

1. (intransitive) to wait (delay until some event)

• esperar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguardar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ guardar.

• Hyphenation: a‧guar‧dar

aguardar (first-person singular present aguardo, first-person singular preterite aguardei, past participle aguardado)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to await [transitive or with por ‘something expected’]

   Aguardo notícias ansiosamente.

   I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

   (literally, “I'm anxiously awaiting news.”)

2. (transitive) to expect
3. (transitive) to obey
4. (intransitive) to wait

   Synonym: esperar

   Por favor, aguarde um momento. ― Please wait a little while.

From a- +‎ guardar.

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧guar‧dar

aguardar (first-person singular present aguardo, first-person singular preterite aguardé, past participle aguardado)

1. to wait

   Synonym: esperar

2. to expect

   Synonym: esperar

   Le aguardamos mañana a las diez.

   We expect him tomorrow at ten o'clock.

3. to have in store (for)

   Synonym: deparar

• “aguardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014