esperanzar
Spanish, verb/espeɾanˈθaɾ/
esperanzar is spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-N-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esperanzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to give hope to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar esperanza”.
What does esperanzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give hope to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar esperanza.
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 esperanzar
- esperanzo first-person present singular
- esperancé first-person preterite singular
- esperanzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- esperanzando gerund
- esperanzada feminine participle past
- esperanzados masculine participle past
- esperanzadas feminine participle past
- esperanzas indicative informal present
- esperanzás indicative informal present
- esperanza indicative present singular
- esperanzamos first-person indicative plural
- esperanzáis indicative plural present
- esperanzan indicative plural present
- esperanzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esperanzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esperanzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esperanzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esperanzar?
- /espeɾanˈθaɾ/
- [es.pe.ɾãn̟ˈθaɾ]
- /espeɾanˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esperanzar in Spanish?
esperanzar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).