desesperar

From des- +‎ esperar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.zəs.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.zes.peˈɾaɾ]
• Homophone: desesperà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperí, past participle desesperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
2. (intransitive) to despair [with de ‘of’]
3. (pronominal) to despair, to lose hope

   (43 BC–17 AD), Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses

   Havent donat mort Ciparis al seu cérvol favorit, es desesperà i fou transformat en xiprer. («Cyparissus having killed his favorite deer, he fell into despair and transformed in a cypress tree.»)

• “desesperar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From des- +‎ esperar.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [d͡zʃ.pɨˈɾaɾ]
• Hyphenation: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperei, past participle desesperado)

1. to despair (to despair of)

• desperar (obsolete)

From des- +‎ esperar. Cf. also the old form desperar.

• IPA^(key): /desespeˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.ses.peˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ses‧pe‧rar

desesperar (first-person singular present desespero, first-person singular preterite desesperé, past participle desesperado)

1. (transitive) to despair, exasperate
2. (reflexive) to despair (be driven to despair)

• “desesperar”, 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