Esperamos en el vestíbulo.

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Breakdown of Esperamos en el vestíbulo.

• esperar: to wait
• el vestíbulo: the entrance hall; lobby

Questions & Answers about Esperamos en el vestíbulo.

What does esperamos mean here?

Here, esperamos means we wait or we are waiting.

The verb is esperar. In Spanish, esperar can mean both:

• to wait
• to hope

In this sentence, because of en el vestíbulo (in the lobby), the meaning is clearly to wait, not to hope.

So Esperamos en el vestíbulo is understood as:

• We wait in the lobby
• We’re waiting in the lobby

Why is there no word for we in the sentence?

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed. The verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

• esperamos = we wait / we are waiting

So nosotros is optional:

• Esperamos en el vestíbulo.
• Nosotros esperamos en el vestíbulo.

Both are correct, but the version without nosotros is more natural in most situations.

Is esperamos present tense, or does it mean we are waiting?