desesperar

From des- +‎ esperar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: desesperà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperí, past participle desesperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
2. (intransitive) to despair
3. (pronominal) to despair, to lose hope

   (43 BC–17 AD), Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses

   Havent donat mort Ciparis al seu cérvol favorit, es desesperà i fou transformat en xiprer. («Cyparissus having killed his favorite deer, he fell into despair and transformed in a cypress tree.»)

• “desesperar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From des- +‎ esperar.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperei, past participle desesperado)

1. to despair (to despair of)

• desperar (obsolete)

From des- +‎ esperar. Cf. also the old form desperar.

• IPA^(key): /desespeˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperé, past participle desesperado)

1. (transitive) to despair, exasperate
2. (reflexive) to despair (be driven to despair)

• “desesperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10