desesperar
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.zəs.pəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.zes.peˈɾaɾ]
- Homophone: desesperà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
editdesesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperí, past participle desesperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /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 Conjugation of desesperar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “desesperar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zis.peˈɾa(h)], /de.zes.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zes.peˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ziʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.ziʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zeʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zeʃ.peˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɻ)/
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.
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Catalan terms prefixed with des-
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/4 syllables
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- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Catalan transitive verbs
- Catalan intransitive verbs
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