esperanza

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See also: Esperanza and esperanzá

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).

(very rare)

Noun

esperanza (uncountable)

  1. yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

Synonyms

References

Asturian

Etymology

esperar +‎ anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /espeˈɾanθa/,
  • Rhymes: -anθa
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperances)

  1. hope

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esperança, asperança, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns; corresponds to esperar +‎ -anza. Compare Portuguese esperança, Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /espeˈɾanθa/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /espeˈɾansa/

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

  1. hope
    Antonym: desesperanza
  2. (dated) expectation
    A esperanza longa o corazón acora ― A long expectation afflicts the heart

References

  • “asperança” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “sperança” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “esperanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “esperanza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /espeˈɾanθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /espeˈɾansa/
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  • (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Etymology 1

From esperar +‎ -anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

  1. hope, hopefulness
    Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza
  2. expectation, expectancy
    Synonyms: expectación, expectativa
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esperanza

  1. inflection of esperanzar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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