attendre

A. vtr

• 1 to wait for [person, event] j'attends de voir pour le croire = I'll believe it when I see it se faire attendre = to keep people waiting la réaction ne se fit pas attendre = the reaction was instantaneous attendre son jour or heure = to bide one's time en attendant mieux = until something better turns up on ne t'attendait plus! = we'd given up on you! Definition of wait for in the British & World English dictionary Definition of wait for in the US English dictionary Translate wait for | into German | into Italian

• 2 to await, to be in store for [person] Definition of await in the British & World English dictionary Definition of await in the US English dictionary Translate await | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 to expect attendre qch de qn/qch = to expect sth from sb/sth elle attend un bébé = she's expecting a baby Definition of expect in the British & World English dictionary Definition of expect in the US English dictionary Translate expect | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

B. vi

• to wait; (on phone) to hold faire attendre qn = to keep sb waiting en attendant = in the meantime; = all the same, nonetheless tu ne perds rien pour attendre! (fam) = I'll get you (colloq), just you wait! Definition of wait in the British & World English dictionary Definition of wait in the US English dictionary Translate wait | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

C. v refl (+ v être)

• s'attendre à qch = to expect sth s'attendre à ce que qn fasse = to expect sb to do