Topic: Portuguese

"Waiting for the reply."

Translation:À espera da resposta.

June 11, 2013

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/msbraz

    Is that the correct translation?, it seems more like 'to wait for the reply' I thought it would be something like 'esperando por a resposta'

    June 11, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Yeah, this could work: "esperando pela resposta" (pela = por+a)

      June 12, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/msbraz

        Thanks, I always forget about pela

        June 12, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/Genlis

          Is this right "A espera pela resposta"?

          May 30, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/Danmoller
          Mod

            The verb "esperar" takes "por" or nothing:

            • Esperando pela/a resposta (present participle)
            • A esperar pela/a resposta (a + infinitive = present participle equivalent)

            The noun "(a) espera", in the expression "à espera" takes "de":

            • À espera da resposta
            June 21, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
            Mod

              The right is "à espera da resposta".

              May 30, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/mariejose74

                esperar pela resposta?

                December 5, 2017
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