hope

B2 · verb

only used in me hope, first-person singular present subjunctive of hoparse

🐇 hoparse sounds like hop + off: to hop it, scram (me hope = may I hop off)

Spanish hope is said OH-peh. The hop at the start of hoparse matches English hop, and hop off or hop it is the same idea as scram. Me hope is the subjunctive, so it means something like that I scram. English hope is a false friend here.

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