Expectation
//ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən//
Translations of "expectation" (38 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | προσδοκία(act or state of expecting) | prosdokía | |
| Armenian | ակնկալիք(that which is expected or looked for), ակնկալիք(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), սպասում(act or state of expecting) | aknkalikʻ, aknkalikʻ, spasum | |
| Bulgarian | вероятност(that which is expected or looked for), надежда(that which is expected or looked for), очакване(act or state of expecting), чакане(act or state of expecting) | verojatnost, nadežda, očakvane, čakane | |
| Catalan | expectació(act or state of expecting), expectativa(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | چاوەڕوان(act or state of expecting) | çawerrwan | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 期待(that which is expected or looked for), 期待(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), 期望(that which is expected or looked for), 期望(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), 期望值(the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event), 等待(act or state of expecting) | qīdài, qīdài, qīwàng, qīwàng, qīwàngzhí, děngdài | |
| Czech | očekávání(act or state of expecting), očekávání(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Dutch | afwachting(act or state of expecting), verwachting(act or state of expecting), verwachting(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Esperanto | anticipio(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Estonian | ootus(act or state of expecting), ootus(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Finnish | odotus(act or state of expecting), odotus(that which is expected or looked for), odotus(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), odotusarvo(the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event) | — | |
| French | attente(act or state of expecting), attente(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| German | Erwartung(act or state of expecting), Erwartung(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃(act or state of expecting) | wēns | |
| Greek | αναμονή(act or state of expecting), προσδοκία(that which is expected or looked for), προσμονή(act or state of expecting) | anamoní, prosdokía, prosmoní | |
| Hindi | अपेक्षा(act or state of expecting), आकांक्षा(act or state of expecting), आकांक्षा(that which is expected or looked for), आशा(act or state of expecting) | apekṣā, ākāṅkṣā, ākāṅkṣā, āśā | |
| Indonesian | harapan(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Irish | dúil(act or state of expecting), oirchill(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Italian | aspettativa(that which is expected or looked for), aspettativa(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), attesa(act or state of expecting), attese(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Japanese | 予想(act or state of expecting), 予期(act or state of expecting), 希望(that which is expected or looked for), 心待ち(that which is expected or looked for), 期待(act or state of expecting), 期待(that which is expected or looked for) | yosō, yoki, kibō, kokoromachi, kitai, kitai | |
| Macedonian | очекување(act or state of expecting) | očekuvanje | |
| Malay | jangkaan(act or state of expecting), jangkaan(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Malayalam | പ്രതീക്ഷ(act or state of expecting), പ്രതീക്ഷ(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank) | pratīkṣa, pratīkṣa | |
| Māori | kawatau(act or state of expecting), kawatau(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | forventning(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | forventing(act or state of expecting), forventning(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Old English | wēn(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Polish | oczekiwanie(act or state of expecting), oczekiwanie(that which is expected or looked for), wartość oczekiwana(the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event) | — | |
| Portuguese | espera(act or state of expecting), expectativa(that which is expected or looked for), expectação(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Romanian | anticipare(act or state of expecting), anticipație(that which is expected or looked for), așteptare(act or state of expecting), așteptat(that which is expected or looked for), expectativă(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Russian | наде́жда(that which is expected or looked for), ожида́ние(act or state of expecting), ожида́ние(that which is expected or looked for), ожида́ние(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), ча́яние(that which is expected or looked for) | nadéžda, ožidánije, ožidánije, ožidánije, čájanije | |
| Scottish Gaelic | dùil(act or state of expecting), dùil(that which is expected or looked for), fiughair(act or state of expecting), fiughair(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | očekivanje(act or state of expecting), очекивање(act or state of expecting) | — | |
| Spanish | expectación(act or state of expecting), expectativa(that which is expected or looked for), expectativa(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank), expectativa(the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event) | — | |
| Swahili | kusudio(act or state of expecting), tarajio(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Swedish | förväntan(act or state of expecting), förväntan(that which is expected or looked for), förväntning(that which is expected or looked for) | — | |
| Ukrainian | наді́я(that which is expected or looked for), очі́кування(act or state of expecting), очі́кування(prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank) | nadíja, očíkuvannja, očíkuvannja | |
| Zazaki | tesla(act or state of expecting) | — |
expectació, expectativa
očekávání, očekávání
afwachting, verwachting, verwachting
anticipio
ootus, ootus
odotus, odotus, odotus, odotusarvo
attente, attente
Erwartung, Erwartung
harapan
dúil, oirchill
aspettativa, aspettativa, attesa, attese
jangkaan, jangkaan
kawatau, kawatau
forventning
forventing, forventning
wēn
oczekiwanie, oczekiwanie, wartość oczekiwana
espera, expectativa, expectação
anticipare, anticipație, așteptare, așteptat, expectativă
наде́жда, ожида́ние, ожида́ние, ожида́ние, ча́яние
nadéžda, ožidánije, ožidánije, ožidánije, čájanije
dùil, dùil, fiughair, fiughair
očekivanje, очекивање
expectación, expectativa, expectativa, expectativa
kusudio, tarajio
förväntan, förväntan, förväntning
tesla
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