desesperar
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.zəs.pəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.zes.peˈɾaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.zes.peˈɾa]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Homophone: desesperà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
editdesesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperí, past participle desesperat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/
- (transitive) to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
- (intransitive) to despair [with de ‘of’]
- (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.»)
Conjugation
edit Central Catalan conjugation of desesperar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “desesperar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
editEtymology
editEtymology tree
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧rar
Verb
editdesesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperei, past participle desesperado)
- to despair (to despair of)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of desesperar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
edit- “desesperar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desesperar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom des- + esperar. Cf. also the old form desperar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdesesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperé, past participle desesperado)
- (transitive) to despair, exasperate
- (reflexive) to despair (be driven to despair)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of desesperar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of desesperar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “desesperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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