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Meaning of desesperar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[də.zəs.pəˈɾa]

Definitions

  1. to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
  2. to despair
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive
  3. to despair, to lose hope
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, pronominal

Examples

“(43 BC–17 AD), Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses”
“Havent donat mort Ciparis al seu cérvol favorit, es desesperà i fou transformat en xiprer. («Cyparissus having killed his favorite deer, he fell into despair and transformed in a cypress tree.»)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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