esperanza
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).
(very rare)
Noun edit
esperanza (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
- (Tecoma stans): yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells
References edit
- esperanza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tecoma stans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tecoma stans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
esperar + anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
esperanza f (plural esperances)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za
Noun edit
esperanza f (plural esperanzas)
- hope
- Antonym: desesperanza
- (dated) expectation
- A esperanza longa o corazón acora ― A long expectation afflicts the heart
References edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /espeˈɾanθa/ [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /espeˈɾansa/ [es.peˈɾãn.sa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za
Etymology 1 edit
From esperar + -anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.
Noun edit
esperanza f (plural esperanzas)
- hope, hopefulness
- Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza
- expectation, expectancy
- Synonyms: expectación, expectativa
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
esperanza
- inflection of esperanzar:
Further reading edit
- “esperanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014