Norwegian | English |
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vente noun | waiting(the act of staying or remaining in expectation) |
ventende adjective | expectant(pregnant) |
ventende noun {m} | waiter [waiters](someone who waits) |
(Bokmål) avvente verb | await [awaited, awaiting, awaits](transitive: to wait for) hold out(to wait for something better) tarry [tarried, tarrying, tarries](to linger in expectation of) |
(Bokmål) brå, plutselig, uventet adjective | abrupt [abrupter, abruptest](without notice) |
(Bokmål) forvente verb | expect [expected, expecting, expects](to look for, look forward to, anticipate) |
(Bokmål) forventet levealder noun {m} | life expectancy [life expectancies](the amount of time one is expected to live) |
(Bokmål) ta det med ro, avvente verb | hold one's horses(idiomatic: to be patient) |
(Bokmål) uventet adverb | unexpectedly(in an unexpected manner) |
(Bokmål) uventet, uventa adjective | unexpected(not expected, anticipated or foreseen) |
(Bokmål) vente verb | wait [waited, waiting, waits](delay until some event) |
(Bokmål) venteliste noun {m} {f} | waiting list [waiting lists](ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) |
(Bokmål) venterom noun {n} | waiting room [waiting rooms](room) |
(Bokmål) ventet, forventet adjective | expected(anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur) |
(Nynorsk) forvente verb | expect [expected, expecting, expects](to look for, look forward to, anticipate) |
(Nynorsk) venteliste noun {f} | waiting list [waiting lists](ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) |
(Nynorsk) venterom noun {n} | waiting room [waiting rooms](room) |
avvente verb | abide [abode, abode, abiding, abides](wait in expectation) |
den som venter på noe stort, venter aldri for lenge phrase | good things come to those who wait(patience is a virtue) |
forventet or forutsigelig or forutsigbar spontanreaksjon adjective {m} | knee-jerk(reacting unthinkingly or spontaneously in an expected manner) |
nøle, avvente verb | halt [halted, halting, halts](to waver or be hesitant) |
uventet hell noun | windfall [windfalls](sudden large benefit) |