can't wait

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it unbearable to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event
I can't wait for that party on Friday.

Derived terms

I can wait

Translations

to eagerly anticipate

Arabic: لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار‎ (lā astaṭīʿ al-intiẓār)
Czech: těšit se (cs)
French: avoir hâte (fr)
Italian: non vedere l'ora

Portuguese: não ver a hora
Russian: (1st person examples) жду не дожду́сь (ždu ne doždúsʹ), жду с нетерпе́нием (ždu s neterpénijem)
Turkish: iple çekmek (tr), dört gözle beklemek (tr)

look forward — see look forward

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