expect

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) expect

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) expects

Past tense (ya wuce) expected

Past participle (ya wuce) expected

Present participle (ana cikin yi) expecting

1. (transitive) When you expect something you anticipate it. <> sa zuciya; sa rai; tammaha; tammani; tsammani.

   (Matthew 24:14) But what response can you expect? <> (Matta 24:14) Amma me za ka yi tsammaninsa?

2. When you are expecting, you learn that you conceived a baby, it is said that you are expecting. <> samun ciki da tsammanin haihuwa.
   • Synonym: pregnant

   My sister is married just one week, and she tells me she is expecting.

3. anticipate for, wait for. <> zuba ido, ƙura wa ido, saurara.