await

/əˈweɪt/ verbo B2

En español: esperar, aguardar, esperarse

To wait for. (formal, transitive) · I await your reply to my letter.
To expect. (transitive)
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for. (transitive)
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon. (intransitive, transitive)
To watch, observe. (intransitive)
To wait; to stay in waiting. (intransitive) · These are exotic lands where great adventures await.

He/she/it awaits · Pasado awaited · Participio pasado awaited · Forma en -ing awaiting

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Formas del verbo

Forma base: await
He/she/it: awaits
Pasado: awaited
Participio pasado: awaited
Forma en -ing: awaiting

De la biblioteca

But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there.

Pride and Prejudice, p. 141 · B2

Now, my dear fellow, we can’t help matters by making ourselves nervous about them, so let me implore you to go to bed and so be fresh for whatever may await us to-morrow.”

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 91 · B2

There I squatted down and awaited developments.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 95 · B2

“‘I am afraid,’ said I, rising, ‘that in the pleasure of this conversation I am neglecting business of importance which awaits me elsewhere.’

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 109 · B2

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