esperanza

See also: Esperanza and esperanzá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).

(very rare)

Noun

esperanza (uncountable)

1. yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

Synonyms

• (Tecoma stans): yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells

References

• esperanza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tecoma stans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• 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
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Noun

esperanza f (plural esperances)

1. hope

Galician

Alternative forms

• esperança (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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

 

• 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

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

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “asperança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sperança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “esperanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esperanza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

From esperar +‎ -anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014