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    From des- +‎ esperar.

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

    1. (transitive) to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
    2. (intransitive) to despair [with de ‘of’]
    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.»)

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      From des- + esperar.

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(h)], /de.zes.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zes.peˈɾa(h)]
        • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(χ)]
        • (Caipira) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ɻ)/, /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɻ)/
       

      • Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

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

      1. to despair (to despair of)

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

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      • IPA(key): /desespeˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.ses.peˈɾaɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

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      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)

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