esperança
Catalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Corresponds to esperar + -ança. Compare Old Occitan esperanssa.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pəˈɾan.sə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.peˈɾan.sa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ansa
Noun
editesperança f (plural esperances)
Quotations
edit- 2018, “El raïm es fa pansa [The Grapes Become Raisins]”, in Venim de lluny [We Come From Afar], performed by Doctor Prats:
- Per por a perdre ens perdem, i l'aigua s'estanca, el raïm es fa pansa i s'arronsa. Que no quedi només l'últim que es perd; la revolució no es fa només amb esperança.
- By fearing to lose, we are lost, and the water stagnates, the grapes become raisins and shrivel up. 'Cause it's not only the last that's lost; the revolution isn't made with only hope/expectation.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “esperança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “esperança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “esperança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esperança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editesperança
- inflection of esperançar:
Galician
editNoun
editesperança f (plural esperanças, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of esperanza
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “esperança” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan esperanssa, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editesperança f (plural esperanças)
Related terms
editOld Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editesperança f (usually uncountable)
- hope
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:
- é dixo ami fil domne eſtos hueſſos caſado de iſrɫ ſon e odizé ſecaron ſe nŕos hueſos. e. deſperdios nŕa eſperança e fomos taiados.
- And he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the house of Israel. And they say, ‘Our bones dried up and our hope is lost, and we are cut off.’”
Related terms
editDescendants
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese esperança, asperança, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. By surface analysis, esperar + -ança. Compare Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧ça
Noun
editesperança f (plural esperanças)
- hope
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 184:
- Eu estava na esperança de encontrá-lo antes do jantar!
- I was hoping to meet you before dinner!
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:esperança.
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- Rhymes:Catalan/ansa
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