desesperanza
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desespeˈɾanθa/ [d̪e.ses.peˈɾãn̟.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /desespeˈɾansa/ [d̪e.ses.peˈɾãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧ran‧za
Etymology 1
From desesperar + -anza or des- + esperanza.
Noun
desesperanza f (plural desesperanzas)
- hopelessness
- Antonym: esperanza
Etymology 2
Verb
desesperanza
- inflection of desesperanzar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “desesperanza”, 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