desesperación
Spanish
Etymology
From desesperar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desespeɾaˈθjon/ [d̪e.ses.pe.ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /desespeɾaˈsjon/ [d̪e.ses.pe.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧ra‧ción
Noun
desesperación f (plural desesperaciones)
- desperation
- Synonym: desesperanza
Related terms
Further reading
- “desesperación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024