desesperado

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Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desesperado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧ra‧do
  • IPA(key): /desespeˈɾado/

Adjective

desesperado (feminine desesperada)

  1. desperate
  2. hopeless
    Synonym: inutil

Galician

Etymology

Past participle of desesperar.

Adjective

desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. desperate (filled with despair)
  2. hopeless (destitute of hope)

Derived terms

Participle

desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. 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/
    • (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)

  1. desperate (filled with despair)
  2. hopeless (destitute of hope)
    Synonym: desesperançado

Derived terms

Participle

desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. past participle of desesperar

Spanish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. desperate (filled with despair)
  2. hopeless (destitute of hope)
    Antonym: esperanzado

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bikol Central: desesperado
  • Tagalog: desesperado

Participle

desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. past participle of desesperar

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Adjective

desesperado (feminine desesperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of des-esperado