esperi

esperi

1. inflection of esperar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French espérer and Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”).

• IPA^(key): [eˈsperi]
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• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation: e‧spe‧ri

esperi (present esperas, past esperis, future esperos, conditional esperus, volitive esperu)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to hope
   • 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 1:

     Mi esperas, ke li ne preterlasis la vagonaron.

     I hope he didn't miss the train.

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 67:

     Mi esperas, ke mi mem min helpos.

     I hope I can help myself.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Donald J. Harlow (translator), Fiereco kaj antaŭjuĝemo‎, translation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, archived from the original on 2 March 2012, chapter 34:

     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?

• malesperi (“to despair”)

• espero (“hope”)
• Esperanto (“Esperanto”)