| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | e·sper·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | esperas |
| Past tense | esperis |
| Future tense | esperos |
| Conditional mood | |
| esperus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| esperu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | esperanta | esperata |
| Past tense | esperinta | esperita |
| Future tense | esperonta | esperota |
| Afrikaans | hoop |
|---|---|
| Catalan | esperançar; esperar |
| Czech | doufati |
| Danish | håbe |
| Dutch | hopen; verhopen |
| English | hope |
| English (Old English) | hyhtan |
| Faeroese | vóna |
| Finnish | toivoa |
| French | espérer; souhaiter |
| German | hoffen; erhoffen |
| Hungarian | remélni |
| Icelandic | vona |
| Italian | sperare |
| Latin | sperare |
| Low German | hoapen; höäpen |
| Malay | harap |
| Norwegian | håpe |
| Papiamento | spera |
| Polish | mieć nadzieję |
| Portuguese | esperar; ter esperança |
| Romanian | spera |
| Russian | надеяться |
| Saterland Frisian | hoopje |
| Spanish | esperar; tener esperanza |
| Sranan | winsi |
| Swedish | hoppas |
| Thai | หวัง |
| Turkish | ummak |
| West Frisian | hoopje |
| Yiddish | האָפֿן |