Spanish-English translations for esperando

pendingThe European Constitution is already a move in this direction but, pending ratification by the Member States, we cannot and must not stand idly by. La Constitución Europea ya es un paso adelante en esta dirección, pero no podemos quedarnos cruzados de brazos esperando la ratificación por parte de los Estados miembros. I am adding "provisionally" , because although a number of sectors and activities are already covered by conclusive horizontal legislation, the vertical rules are still pending. Digo "provisional" porque se ha concluido una normativa horizontal para varios sectores y tipos de actividad, pero para la normativa vertical hay que seguir esperando. Pending the outcome of the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.

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