esperado

In a sentence

• El resultado del examen fue el esperado por todos.

  The exam result was the expected by everyone.

  Here, 'esperado' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'resultado', indicating something that was anticipated or foreseen.

• Lo que ocurrió no era lo esperado.

  What happened was not what was expected.

  In this sentence, 'esperado' serves as a past participle used as an adjective, describing that which was anticipated or deemed likely to occur.

• Siempre he esperado que llegues temprano.

  I have always hoped that you arrive early.

  Here, 'esperado' is part of the compound verb form 'he esperado', which is the present perfect tense, indicating an action (hoping) that has been ongoing since the past.