Era de esperar

ROBINDESBOIS · #1 July 09, 2009, 10:31 AM

Como se diría en Inglés " era de esperar" por ejemplo alguien no estudia y suspende, entonces le dan las notas y dice era de esperar.

chileno · #2 July 09, 2009, 04:29 PM

It was to be expected.

***Tomisimo*** · #3 July 09, 2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chileno

It was to be expected.

I concur. There are also more colloquial ways of expressing the same thing, such as "That's not news" or "You would see that coming from a mile away".

**Rusty** · #4 July 09, 2009, 05:40 PM

You could also say, "That's no surprise."

***Tomisimo*** · #5 July 10, 2009, 01:13 AM

I would have said "Era de esperarse", any comments on that from the native speakers? ¿o de plano estoy equivocado?

chileno · #6 July 10, 2009, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I would have said "Era de esperarse", any comments on that from the native speakers? ¿o de plano estoy equivocado?

You are totally correct, de esperar or de esperarse, would mean the same.

poli · #7 July 10, 2009, 07:46 AM

Does de plano mean plenamente
or plainly, clearly? or...

irmamar · #8 July 10, 2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I would have said "Era de esperarse", any comments on that from the native speakers? ¿o de plano estoy equivocado?

Se suele decir "era de esperar", no "de esperarse"

. Tal vez en otros países se diga "era de esperarse", pero no en España. Se puede sustituir por "se esperaba", en algunas ocasiones.

Como era de esperar, aprobó la asignatura sin dificultad.
Como se esperaba (o se suponía), aprobó la asignatura sin dificultad.

Esperarse:

Se esperaba mejores notas, pero el profesor era muy exigente y tuvo un aprobado justito.

"De plano" debe ser mexicano

, nosotros decimos "de lleno" o "completamente"

**AngelicaDeAlquezar** · #9 July 10, 2009, 08:15 AM

@Poli: "De plano" means "completely". In David's expression "or am I completely wrong?"

@David: I think it's a regional thing. A Mexican would have said "era de esperarse".

Question: Would the expression "no wonder" fit in as well?

**Rusty** · #10 July 10, 2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Question: Would the expression "no wonder" fit in as well?

Yes.

***Tomisimo*** · #11 July 10, 2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@David: I think it's a regional thing. A Mexican would have said "era de esperarse".

That explains it. Thank you.

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