Phrase · 😮 Feelings and reactions

¡Qué sorpresa! No te esperaba.

What a surprise! I wasn't expecting you.

A2reacting to a surprise visitinformalAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

¡Qué1pronounwhatsorpresanounsurprisefem. · sing.!Noadverbnot, note2object pronounyou, to youtú · 2nd sing.esperaba2verbI was expectingesperar · imperfect · 1st sing..

Qué → sorpresa: exclamation
te → esperaba: object

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
¡Qué + noun!: exclamation. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →
2
te esperaba: imperfect for an ongoing expectation; esperar = to expect, wait. Imperfect: forms and uses →