esperança
Portuguese, noun/is.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
esperança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expectativa”.
What does esperança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehope
- 2
Brazilfemininekatydid (any insect in the family Tettigoniidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. expectativa 2. crença emocional na possibilidade de resultados positivos relacionados com eventos e circunstâncias da vida pessoal
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo esperançar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba 2. prenome feminino
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 esperança
- esperanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esperança?
- Brazil /is.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Brazil /es.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- /iʃ.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 esperança
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esperança in Portuguese?
esperança appears 79 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).