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desesperarse

Spanish, verb[d̪esespeˈɾaɾse]

desesperarse is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-R-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of desesperar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desesperar (uso pronominal de ...)”.

What does desesperarse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of desesperar combined with se

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Desesperar (uso pronominal de ...) 2. Despecharse, intentando quitarse la vida, o quitándosela en efecto.

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 desesperarse

  • haberse desesperado impersonal infinitive
  • desesperándose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose desesperado impersonal gerund
  • desesperado impersonal participle
  • me desespero first-person singular indicative
  • te desesperas second-person singular indicative
  • te desesperás second-person singular vos-form
  • se desespera third-person singular indicative
  • nos desesperamos first-person plural indicative
  • os desesperáis second-person plural indicative
  • se desesperan third-person plural indicative
  • me desesperaba first-person singular indicative
  • te desesperabas second-person singular indicative
  • se desesperaba third-person singular indicative
  • nos desesperábamos first-person plural indicative
  • os desesperabais second-person plural indicative
  • se desesperaban third-person plural indicative
  • me desesperé first-person singular indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desesperarse?

  • [d̪esespeˈɾaɾse]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desesperarse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is desesperarse in Spanish?

desesperarse appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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