des-esperado

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desesperado.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /desʔespeˈɾado/ [d̪ɛs.ʔɛs.pɛˈɾaː.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: des-es‧pe‧ra‧do

Adjective

des-esperado (feminine des-esperada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓ)

  1. desperate; hopeless

Further reading

  • “des-esperado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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