A2verb
attendre
to wait
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Je dois attendre le bus devant l’école. »
“I have to wait for the bus in front of the school.”
In other languages
- Spanish esperar
- Portuguese esperar
- German warten
- Italian aspettare
- Arabic ينتظر
Related A2 words
In a story
« Inès, elle, a attendu le vent. »
from “La lettre du phare”, a free B1 story you can read in full.
Conjugate attendre → present, passé composé, imperfect and future.
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