expectativaex.pec.ta.ti.va [espektat′ivә]sf expectation:
1 hope.
2 anticipation, expectancy, reliance, presumption:
a peça não corresponde às minhas expectativas / the play falls short of my expectations:
as expectativas são boas / expectations are good:
mantenha-o na expectativa / keep him in suspense.
Expressõescontra toda expectativa contrary to all expectation, against all expectation.
expectativa de vida expectation of life.
na expectativa da sua chegada in expectation of your arrival, against your arrival.
na expectativa de uma breve resposta expecting an early reply.
segundo todas as expectativas according to all expectations.
