desesperar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ esperar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
2. (intransitive) to despair
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.»)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ esperar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to despair (to despair of)

Conjugation

Spanish

Alternative forms

• desperar (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “desesperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014