esperanza

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).

esperanza (uncountable)

1. (very rare) yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

   Synonyms: yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells

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esperar +‎ anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.

• IPA^(key): /espeˈɾanθa/ [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za

esperanza f (plural esperances)

1. hope

• esperança (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese asperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō. Corresponds to esperar +‎ -anza. Compare Portuguese esperança, Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope

   Antonym: desesperanza

2. (dated) expectation

   Synonym: expectación

   A esperanza longa o corazón acora ― A long expectation afflicts the heart

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esperanza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esperanza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /espeˈɾanθa/ [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /espeˈɾansa/ [es.peˈɾãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za

Inherited from Old Spanish esperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō. By surface analysis, esperar +‎ -anza.

Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope, hopefulness

   Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza

2. expectation, expectancy

   Synonyms: expectación, expectativa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

esperanza

1. inflection of esperanzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “esperanza”, 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