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# waiting — English to Ukrainian

How English *waiting* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations 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: waiting (583). By style: everyday 569 · biblical 14.

## чекав

Used about 510 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 510). Forms: чекав, чекати, чекатиме, чекаю, чекають, чекає, чекаємо.

- I'm **waiting** for you.
  Я на тебе **чекаю**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2548192](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2548192) [\#7997931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7997931))

- I'm **waiting** for him.
  Я **чекаю** на нього.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and older · checked, community translation · [\#260962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/260962) [\#6478018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6478018))

- Tom was **waiting** for you.
  Том на вас **чекав**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2198112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2198112) [\#7315059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7315059))

- Tom was **waiting** for me.
  Том **чекав** на мене.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3415328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3415328) [\#7237148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7237148))

- Who is **waiting** for Tom?
  Хто **чекає** на Тома?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ergulis and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#11145945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11145945) [\#11223739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223739))

## на

Used about 41 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · biblical ≈ 5).

- What are you **waiting** for?
  **На** що ти чекаєш?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by enteka and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1387288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1387288) [\#6532538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6532538))

- Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, **waiting** at my door posts.
  Блажен, хто слухає мене, й невсипущо перебуває день-у-день у воріт моїх, та стоїть **на** сторожі під дверима в мене!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 8:34)

- We've been **waiting** for Tom.
  Ми чекали **на** Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3921377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3921377) [\#6617060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6617060))

- so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly **waiting** for him.
  так і Христос, один раз принесений, щоб понести гріхи многих, удруге без гріха явить ся ждучим Його **на** спасеннє.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 9:28)

- I was **waiting** for Tom to tell me what to do.
  Я чекала **на** Тома, що він сказав мені, що робити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6125859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6125859) [\#6277887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6277887))

## черзі

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12).

- I've been **waiting** in line for over an hour.
  Я вже годину стою в **черзі**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8403361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8403361) [\#9566103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9566103))

## More sentences

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

- They were **waiting** for the gate to open.
  Вони чекали, поки відкриють ворота.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#307615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307615) [\#8227726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8227726))

- When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all **waiting** for him.
  Стало ся ж, як вернувсь Ісус, прийняв Його народ: всї бо дожидали Його.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 8:40)

- (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also **waiting** for God’s Kingdom.
  (сей не пристав до ради й дїла їх,) з Ариматеї, города Жидівського, що також сподївавсь царства Божого;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 23:51)

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