can't wait

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

can't wait (third-person singular simple present can't wait, no present participle, simple past couldn't wait, no past participle)

1. (idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.

   I can't wait for that party on Friday.

2. To need to be attended to right away.

   I'm afraid this can't wait; it has to be done by Thursday.

Derived terms

• can wait

Translations

to eagerly anticipate — see also look forward to

Arabic: لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار (lā astaṭīʕ al-intiẓār) Czech: těšit se (cs) Finnish: ei malttaa odottaa French: avoir hâte (fr) German: kaum erwarten können Hungarian: alig vár (hu) Italian: non vedere l'ora Japanese: 楽しみにする (tanoshimi ni suru) Portuguese: não ver a hora Romanian: abia aștepta Russian: (1st person examples) жду не дожду́сь (ždu ne doždúsʹ), жду с нетерпе́нием (ždu s neterpénijem) Serbo-Croatian: jedva čekam Spanish: no ver la hora Turkish: iple çekmek (tr), dört gözle beklemek (tr)