See also: Esperanza and esperanzá

English edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (hope).

(very rare)

Noun edit

esperanza (uncountable)

  1. yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

Synonyms edit

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Asturian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /espeˈɾanθa/, [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
  • Rhymes: -anθa
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun edit

esperanza f (plural esperances)

  1. hope

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

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /espeˈɾanθa/ [es̺.peˈɾan̪.θɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /espeˈɾansa/ [es.peˈɾan.sɐ]

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun edit

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

  1. hope
    Antonym: desesperanza
  2. (dated) expectation
    A esperanza longa o corazón acoraA 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)

  1. hope, hopefulness
    Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza
  2. 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

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

Further reading edit