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# hoped — English to French

How English *hoped* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: hoped (32 533), hopeds (1). By style: everyday 72 · literary 6 · biblical 9 · parliamentary 1 425 · legal and administrative 24 · UN documents 30 998.

## espérait

Used about 29 898 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 742 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 · UN documents ≈ 29 100). Forms: espère, espérait, espérer, espéré.

- He **hoped** he had succeeded.
  Il **espérait** avoir réussi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#8838720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8838720) [\#333318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333318))

- She no longer **hoped** for anything, she no longer knew what she wished, except that she did not wish them to take her daughter.
  Elle n'**espérait** plus rien, elle ne savait plus ce qu'elle voulait, mais elle ne voulait pas qu'on lui prît sa fille.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8733)

- I have **hoped** for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
  J’**espère** en ton salut, ô Éternel! Et je pratique tes commandements.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:166)

- It is to be **hoped** that suitable accommodations will be found.
  Il faut **espérer** que des arrangements adéquats seront trouvés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 507768)

- However the figure was of such magnitude that he **hoped** it would be seen to be a bona-fide proposal.
  Néanmoins, ce chiffre était d'une telle importance qu'il **espérait** qu'il serait considéré comme une proposition en toute bonne foi.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4185520)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- They **hoped** that a few more days of solitary confinement would make the prisoner more pliant.
  Ils espéraient que quelques jours supplémentaires d'isolement cellulaire rendraient le prisonnier plus docile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9034289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9034289) [\#9187799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9187799))

- I **hoped** to score with that girl, but I didn't have any luck last night.
  J'espérais conclure avec cette fille, mais je n'ai pas eu de chance hier soir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14066324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14066324) [\#14066317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14066317))

- I **hoped** to score with that girl, but I didn't have any luck last night.
  J'espérais gérer cette meuf, mais je n'ai pas réussi hier soir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14066324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14066324) [\#14066322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14066322))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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