desesperança
Portuguese, noun/de.zis.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
desesperança is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-N-Ç-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hopelessness (the lack of hope; despair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda da esperança”.
What does desesperança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehopelessness (the lack of hope; despair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. perda da esperança
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo desesperançar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desesperança
- desesperanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desesperança?
- Brazil /de.zis.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Brazil /de.zes.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desesperança
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desesperança in Portuguese?
desesperança appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).