desesperar
Spanish, verb/desespeˈɾaɾ/
desesperar is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperar is a Spanish verb meaning “to despair, exasperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perder la esperanza de que algo suceda”.
What does desesperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to despair, exasperate
- 2
to despair (be driven to despair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perder la esperanza de que algo suceda.
verb: 1. Quitar a alguien la esperanza de que algo suceda. 2. Hacer perder la tranquilidad o compostura a alguien; impacientar, exasperar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desesperar
- desespero first-person present singular
- desesperé first-person preterite singular
- desesperado participle past
- desesperando gerund
- desesperada feminine participle past
- desesperados masculine participle past
- desesperadas feminine participle past
- desesperas indicative informal present
- desesperás indicative informal present
- desespera indicative present singular
- desesperamos first-person indicative plural
- desesperáis indicative plural present
- desesperan indicative plural present
- desesperaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desesperabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desesperábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desesperabais imperfect indicative plural
- desesperaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desesperar?
- /desespeˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪e.ses.peˈɾaɾ]
- [d̪esespeˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desesperar in Spanish?
desesperar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).