malesperi
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From mal- (oppositional prefix) + esperi (“to hope”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
malesperi (present malesperas, past malesperis, future malesperos, conditional malesperus, volitive malesperu)
- to despair
- Antonym: esperi
- 1903, A. Naumann, “Mi amis vin”, in Fundamenta Krestomatio[1]:
- Ĉar ami mi jam tute malesperis
Ĉar kredi vin ne povas koro.- Because I have already despaired to love
Because my heart cannot believe you.
- Because I have already despaired to love
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
- malespero (“despair”)