How do you conjugate "esperar" in the Present Simple tense in Spanish?

Present Simple conjugation of esperar: yo espero, tú esperas, él/ella espera, nosotros esperamos, ellos/ellas esperan. Example: "Espero el autobús cada mañana." — "I wait for the bus every morning."

How do you conjugate "esperar" in the Past Simple tense in Spanish?

Past Simple conjugation of esperar: yo esperé, tú esperaste, él/ella esperó, nosotros esperamos, ellos/ellas esperaron. Example: "Esperé dos horas ayer." — "I waited two hours yesterday."

How do you conjugate "esperar" in the Past Imperfect tense in Spanish?

Past Imperfect conjugation of esperar: yo esperaba, tú esperabas, él/ella esperaba, nosotros esperábamos, ellos/ellas esperaban. Example: "Esperaba en casa cuando llamaste." — "I was waiting at home when you called."

esperar (wait) — Spanish Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

esperar (wait) — Spanish Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate esperar (wait) across all tenses in Spanish. Each tense includes real example sentences in Spanish and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

esperar — Present Simple in Spanish

esperar Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in Spanish	English
yo	espero	Espero el autobús cada mañana.	I wait for the bus every morning.
tú	esperas	Esperas demasiado a veces.	You wait too long sometimes.
él/ella	espera	Ella espera a su amiga en el café.	She waits for her friend at the café.
nosotros	esperamos	Esperamos en la cola del banco.	We wait in line at the bank.
ellos/ellas	esperan	Esperan pacientemente su turno.	They wait patiently for their turn.

esperar — Past Simple in Spanish

esperar Past Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in Spanish	English
yo	esperé	Esperé dos horas ayer.	I waited two hours yesterday.
tú	esperaste	Esperaste por mí en la estación.	You waited for me at the station.
él/ella	esperó	Él esperó hasta medianoche.	He waited until midnight.
nosotros	esperamos	Esperamos a que parara de llover.	We waited for the rain to stop.
ellos/ellas	esperaron	Esperaron toda la tarde.	They waited all afternoon.

esperar — Past Imperfect in Spanish

esperar Past Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in Spanish	English
yo	esperaba	Esperaba en casa cuando llamaste.	I was waiting at home when you called.
tú	esperabas	Siempre me esperabas después del colegio.	You always waited for me after school.
él/ella	esperaba	Ella esperaba nerviosa los resultados.	She was waiting nervously for the results.
nosotros	esperábamos	Esperábamos buen tiempo.	We were waiting for good weather.
ellos/ellas	esperaban	Esperaban una respuesta.	They were waiting for an answer.

esperar — wait — Spanish Verbs

esperar (wait) — Spanish Verbs Conjugation Tables

esperar — Present Simple in Spanish

esperar — Past Simple in Spanish

esperar — Past Imperfect in Spanish