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aspettare

to wait for, to wait, to expect

verb Word 105 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate aspettare

The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.

Present

io aspetto I wait for / I am waiting for / I wait / I am waiting / I expect / I am expecting
tu aspetti you wait for / you are waiting for / you wait / you are waiting / you expect / you are expecting
lui/lei aspetta he/she waits for / he/she is waiting for / he/she waits / he/she is waiting / he/she expects / he/she is expecting
noi aspettiamo we wait for / we are waiting for / we wait / we are waiting / we expect / we are expecting
voi aspettate you all wait for / you all are waiting for / you all wait / you all are waiting / you all expect / you all are expecting
loro aspettano they wait for / they are waiting for / they wait / they are waiting / they expect / they are expecting

Imperfect

io aspettavo I was waiting for / I used to wait for / I was waiting / I used to wait / I was expecting / I used to expect
tu aspettavi you were waiting for / you used to wait for / you were waiting / you used to wait / you were expecting / you used to expect
lui/lei aspettava he/she was waiting for / he/she used to wait for / he/she was waiting / he/she used to wait / he/she was expecting / he/she used to expect
noi aspettavamo we were waiting for / we used to wait for / we were waiting / we used to wait / we were expecting / we used to expect
voi aspettavate you all were waiting for / you all used to wait for / you all were waiting / you all used to wait / you all were expecting / you all used to expect
loro aspettavano they were waiting for / they used to wait for / they were waiting / they used to wait / they were expecting / they used to expect

Future

io aspetterò I will wait for / I will wait / I will expect
tu aspetterai you will wait for / you will wait / you will expect
lui/lei aspetterà he/she will wait for / he/she will wait / he/she will expect
noi aspetteremo we will wait for / we will wait / we will expect
voi aspetterete you all will wait for / you all will wait / you all will expect
loro aspetteranno they will wait for / they will wait / they will expect

Passato prossimo

io ho aspettato I waited for / I have waited for / I waited / I have waited / I expected / I have expected
tu hai aspettato you waited for / you have waited for / you waited / you have waited / you expected / you have expected
lui/lei ha aspettato he/she waited for / he/she has waited for / he/she waited / he/she has waited / he/she expected / he/she has expected
noi abbiamo aspettato we waited for / we have waited for / we waited / we have waited / we expected / we have expected
voi avete aspettato you all waited for / you all have waited for / you all waited / you all have waited / you all expected / you all have expected
loro hanno aspettato they waited for / they have waited for / they waited / they have waited / they expected / they have expected

In a sentence

Ti aspetto fuori dalla scuola.

I'll wait for you outside the school.

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