La Palabra Del Día "expectativa"
expectativa ( ehk-spehk-tah-tee'-bah )
noun ( expectation, hope; prospect )
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Examples:
1: Paula y Rodolfo tienen grandes expectativas para su viaje a Londres.
Paula and Rodolfo have great expectations for their trip to London.
2: Tenía altas expectativas para la película, pero al final no me gustó.
I had high hopes for the movie, but I didn't end up liking it.
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Cuando me inscribí en el Cuerpo de Paz, tenía la expectativa ir a un país hispanohablante. Pero fui a Montserrat, una colonia del Reino Unido.
When I signed up for the Peace Corps, I had the hope of going to a Spanish-speaking country. But I went to Montserrat, a colony of the UK.
Todos sabemos muy bien, que las expectativas generalmente son muy lejos de la realidad, pero no hace ningún daño un poco de ensueño.
We all know very well, that expectations are generally far from reality, but it does not do any harm a bit of daydreaming.
Tengo la expectativa de jubilarme algún día, pero no estoy seguro de lo que va a suceder con el medicare, las seguridad social, la economía, y la tasa de inflación, y por eso no sé cuánto dinero tengo que ahorrar para lograr esto.
I have the expectation of retiring some day, but I am not sure what is going to happen with Medicare, Social Security, the economy, and the rate of inflation, and so I don't know how much money I have to save to achieve this.
"Grandes Expectativas" es una de las obras más famosas de Charles Dickens, pero ciertamente no es su mejor.
Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens' most famous works, but certainly not his best.
Hay un chiste que dice que el secreto de un matrimonio largo y feliz es tener bajas expectativas. Esto contiene un poco de verdad.
There is a joke which says that the secret of a long happy marriage is low expectations. This contains a little bit of truth.
Tristemente, algunos los cerdos tienen pocas expectativas de sacrificarse.
Sadly, some pigs hold little hope of being slaughtered.
