esperanza

See also: Esperanza and esperanzá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).

Noun

esperanza (uncountable)

1. (very rare) yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

   Synonyms: yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells

References

• esperanza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tecoma stans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tecoma stans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperances)

1. hope

Galician

Alternative forms

• esperança (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese asperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō. Corresponds to esperar +‎ -anza. Compare Portuguese esperança, Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /espeˈɾanθa/ [es̺.peˈɾan̪.θɐ]

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

 

• Rhymes: -anθa

• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope

   Antonym: desesperanza

2. (dated) expectation

   Synonym: expectación

   A esperanza longa o corazón acora ― A long expectation afflicts the heart

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esperanza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esperanza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /espeˈɾanθa/ [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /espeˈɾansa/ [es.peˈɾãn.sa]

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• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s

Proto-Italic *spēs

Latin spēs

Latin -o

Latin spērō

Latin spērāns

Old Spanish esperança

Spanish esperanza

Inherited from Old Spanish esperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō. By surface analysis, esperar +‎ -anza.

Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope, hopefulness

   Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza

2. expectation, expectancy

   Synonyms: expectación, expectativa

Derived terms

• en estado de buena esperanza
• esperanza de vida
• esperanza matemática
• la esperanza es la última que muere

Related terms

• esperanzado
• esperanzar
• esperar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esperanza

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

Further reading

• “esperanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10