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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish desesperado.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧ra‧do
- IPA(key): /desespeˈɾado/
Adjective
desesperado (feminine desesperada)
- desperate
- hopeless
- Synonym: inutil
Galician
Etymology
Past participle of desesperar.
Adjective
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- desperate (filled with despair)
- hopeless (destitute of hope)
Derived terms
Participle
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- past participle of desesperar
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of desesperar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa.du/, /de.zes.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa.du/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa.du/, /de.zes.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ziʃ.peˈɾa.du/, /de.zeʃ.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zeʃ.peˈɾa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zes.peˈɾa.do/
Adjective
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- desperate (filled with despair)
- hopeless (destitute of hope)
- Synonym: desesperançado
Derived terms
Participle
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- past participle of desesperar
Spanish
Etymology
From desesperar + -ado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desespeˈɾado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧ra‧do
Adjective
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- desperate (filled with despair)
- hopeless (destitute of hope)
- Antonym: esperanzado
Derived terms
Descendants
Participle
desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
- past participle of desesperar
Further reading
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adjective
desesperado (feminine desesperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)
- Alternative form of des-esperado