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Old August 23, 2008, 08:58 AM
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Expectativa - Expectación

Como también hablo mucho con hablantes no nativos del español, a veces sus errores se me contagian. He oído mucho últimamente la palabra expectación. Yo siempre pensaba que lo correcto era expectativa. Y ahora me dicen que existen las dos palabras y que su significado es distinto. Es cierto? Tú como hablante nativo usas expectación? Gracias.
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Not, David, the use of that word is not very meet, simply almost ain't used in my contry or at least in my life, the form more common of use the word is Expectativa.

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the couple of words doesn't meaning the same, it has distintic meaning in their use.
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expectación.
(Del lat. exspectatĭo, -ōnis).

1. f. Espera, generalmente curiosa o tensa, de un acontecimiento que interesa o importa.2. f. Contemplación de lo que se expone o muestra al público.
3. f. Fiesta que se celebra el día 18 de diciembre en honor de la Virgen María.
"los juegos olímpicos se esperan con gran expectación"
"El sexo del hijo del rey provocó una gran expectación"

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expectativa.

(Del lat. exspectātum, mirado, visto).


1. f. Esperanza de realizar o conseguir algo.

2. f. Posibilidad razonable de que algo suceda.


3. f. Posibilidad de conseguir un derecho, una herencia, un empleo u otra cosa, al ocurrir un suceso que se prevé.
El atleta -"Tengo expectativas en conseguir medalla"
"Tengo expectativas de que mi abuelo me deje algo en la herencia"
"Tengo expectativas de que llueva"

Simplemente son dos palabras que suenan parecido.
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I´ve heard both words used and Sosia gave very good examples.
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I'm sorry but I don't use this word in my vocabulary Expectación, we use another type of words in our Spanish.
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