ellos/ellas/ustedes esperaban
Imperfect ellos/ellas/ustedes conjugation of esperar.

esperar

De hecho ellos esperaban conseguir un reinado mundial, pero sintieron que podrían ser empujados de regreso solo a las Américas, temporalmente.
They in fact expected a world kingship, but felt they might be pushed back to the Americas only, temporarily.
De hecho, ellos esperaban que nadie pudiera descubrir su incursión, creyendo que podrían tener plena participación y salirse con la suya.
They in fact hoped that no one would call them on their affront, so they could participate fully and get away with it.
Ellos esperaban llegar antes que la noticia de la masacre.
They hoped that he would arrive before the tidings of the massacre.
Ellos esperaban completamente que una vez que diera a luz, yo estaría bien.
They fully expected that once they delivered her, I would be fine.
Estamos compartiendo porque ellos esperaban a Libby, no a mi.
We're sharing because they were expecting Libby, not me.
El cambio había venido más rápido de lo que ellos esperaban.
The change had come much faster than they expected.
Se han comportado exactamente como ellos esperaban, cayeron en su trampa.
You have behaved exactly as they hoped, you fell into their trap.
Yo sabía que ellos esperaban mucho de mí.
I knew that they expected a lot out of me.
Ella definitivamente no era lo que ellos esperaban.
She was definitely not what they were expecting.
Esto se está tardando mas de lo que ellos esperaban.
This is taking longer than they wanted it to.
En otras palabras, imaginaron ver mejoría donde ellos esperaban verla.
In other words, they imagined they saw improvement where they expected to see it.
Recuerde, ellos esperaban que Él estableciera Su gobierno terrenal ALLÍ Y ENTONCES.
Remember, they expected Him to set up His earthly government THEN AND THERE.
No manifestó el pesar que ellos esperaban de él.
He did not manifest the sorrow they expected Him to show.
Mientras ellos esperaban, extrañando su silencio, los afligidos acudían a Jesús.
As they stood wondering at His silence, the afflicted were coming to Him.
Esto era lo que ellos esperaban.
This is what they were expecting.
¿Es el resultado que ellos esperaban?
Was the result what they expected?
Nada más que su cuerpo no se entregó tan rápidamente como ellos esperaban.
His body just didn't give out nearly as fast as they expected.
Pero cuando miraron a escalas más grandes, ellos esperaban encontrar fenómenos bien ordenados y sensibles.
But when looking on larger scales, they expected to find well-ordered and sensible phenomena.
En Petrogrado, rápidamente se orientaron y vieron que las cosas no eran como ellos esperaban.
In Petrograd they immediately got oriented and saw that things were not as they expected.
Los investigadores no vieron todos los resultados que ellos esperaban, dijo la doctora Maly.
The researchers didn't see all the outcomes they had hoped for, Dr. Maly said.
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