/desespeˈɾaðo/
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Translation
desperate, hopeless
Word origin
Past participle of desesperar ('to despair'), from Latin desperare, from de- ('away from') plus sperare ('to hope'), from spes ('hope').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- desperare
- English cognates
- desperate, despair, desperado
Grammar
Femininedesesperada
Masc pluraldesesperados
Fem pluraldesesperadas
Examples
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He was desperate to find work.
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The mother was searching desperately for her lost son.
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They made a desperate decision to save the company.
náufragos gestos orilla.
The castaways were making desperate gestures from the shore.
¡ , !
Do not get so desperate, everything has a solution!
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