desesperar in Spanish: to despair (verb)

Translation

to despair

Word origin

From Latin desperare, from de ('without') plus sperare ('to hope'), from spes ('hope'). The same root gives English 'desperate' and 'despair'.

Verb type-ar regular (1st group)

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You must not despair when things go badly.

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His silence was starting to exasperate everyone.

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Do not lose hope, you will soon have an answer.

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The long wait made her despair little by little.

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I get exasperated when the traffic does not move.

esperar

to wait, to hope, to expect

perder

to lose

sufrir

to suffer, to undergo

temer

to fear, to be afraid of

preocupar

to worry, to concern

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