expectativa
/eɡspeɡtaˈtiba/ · B2 · noun · f
expectation
🔭 ex + spect = look out: what you are looking out for
From Latin exspectare: ex- (out) + spectare (to look), the same root as spectator and inspect. Una expectativa is what you look out for. It is feminine, and the -tiva ending matches iniciativa and perspectiva.