des-esperado

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• desperado — common, pseudo-Hispanism
• desesperado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desesperado.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /desʔespeˈɾado/ [dɛs.ʔɛs.pɛˈɾaː.do]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des-es‧pe‧ra‧do

Adjective

des-esperado (feminine des-esperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)

1. desperate; hopeless

Related terms

• des-esperasyon
• esperansa
• esperansado

 

Further reading

• “des-esperado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018