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From des- +‎ esperar.

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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.»)

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ esperar.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zis.peˈɾa(h)], /de.zes.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zes.peˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zis.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zes.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ziʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.ziʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zeʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zeʃ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zeʃ.peˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zes.peˈɾa(ɻ)/
 

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

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

  1. to despair (to despair of)

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Etymology

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

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

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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)

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