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anticipate / esperar
anticipate
A. -transitive verb
1. (=expect)
[+trouble, pleasure] esperar, contar con
·this is worse than I anticipated
·esto es peor de lo que esperaba
·the police anticipated trouble
·la policía esperaba disturbios, la policía contaba con que hubiera disturbios
·I anticipate seeing him tomorrow
·espero or cuento con verlo mañana
·as anticipated
·segúnoun se esperaba, como esperábamos
·the anticipated audience did not materialize
·no apareció el público que se esperaba or con que se había contado
·an eagerly-anticipated event
·un acontecimiento muy esperado
·to anticipate that ...
·prever que ..., calcular que ...
·do you anticipate that this will be easy?
·¿crees que esto va a resultar feminineácil?
·we anticipate that he will come in spite of everything
·contamos con que or esperamos que venga a pesar de todo
2. (=foresee)
[+event] prever
[+question, objection, wishes] anticipar
·anticipated cost
(commerce) coste (m) previsto
·anticipated profit
beneficios masculine plural previstos
3. (=forestall)
[+person] anticiparse a, adelantarse a
[+event] anticiparse a, prevenir
·you have anticipated my wishes
·usted se ha anticipado or adelantado a mis deseos
·you have anticipated my orders
(wrongly) usted ha actuado sin esperar mis órdenes
B. -intransitive verb
(=act too soon) anticiparse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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