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Definition 2024

can't_wait

can't wait

English

Verb

(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it unbearable to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event
I can't wait for that party on Friday.

Translations

to eagerly anticipate

Arabic: لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار ‎(lā astaṭīʿ al-intiẓār)
French: avoir hâte (fr)
Italian: non vedere l'ora

Portuguese: não ver a hora
Russian: (1st person examples) жду не дожду́сь ‎(ždu ne doždúsʹ), жду с нетерпе́нием ‎(ždu s neterpénijem)

look forward — see look forward

Derived terms

I can wait