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Esperamos la llegada del avión en el aeropuerto.

Esperamos la llegada del avión en el aeropuerto.
We're waiting for the plane's arrival at the airport.
From Lesson 272:Immediate sequence clauses (apenas)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Esperamos la llegada del avión en el aeropuerto.

Why isn't there a word for "for" after esperamos?
In Spanish, the verb esperar has the "for" built right into its meaning when used this way. You don't need to add por or para after it. You just directly attach the thing you are waiting for: esperamos la llegada.
The translation says "We're waiting." Why doesn't the Spanish use estamos esperando?
In Spanish, the simple present tense (esperamos) is frequently used for actions happening right now. While you absolutely could say estamos esperando (the present progressive), the simple present is completely natural and often preferred in Spanish where English strictly uses the "-ing" form.
Could esperamos also mean "we waited" in the past tense?
Yes, it can! For regular -ar verbs, the nosotros form is exactly the same in both the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense. Without extra context, esperamos can mean "we wait" or "we waited."
How is the word llegada formed?
Llegada is the noun form ("arrival") of the verb llegar (to arrive). A very common pattern in Spanish is creating a noun by taking the feminine past participle of a verb, which is exactly how llegar becomes llegada.

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