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disperare
despair /dis.peˈra.re/
noun#4247 most common
Also: desperation, hopelessness
Example sentences
Ea plânge de disperare.
She is crying out of despair.
El a strigat după ajutor cu disperare în glas.
He shouted for help with despair in his voice.
Disperarea ei se vedea clar în ochi.
Her despair was clearly visible in her eyes.
În disperare de cauză, a sunat la poliție în miez de noapte.
As a last resort, out of sheer desperation, she called the police in the middle of the night.
Disperarea tot mai mare a locuitorilor a dus în cele din urmă la proteste masive.
The residents' growing despair eventually led to mass protests.
Gestul lui, născut dintr-o disperare mută pe care nimeni nu o bănuia, i-a surprins pe toți cei prezenți.
His gesture, born of a silent despair that no one had suspected, took everyone present by surprise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | disperare | disperări |
| Genitive | disperării | disperărilor |
| Accusative | disperare | disperări |
| Vocative | disperare | disperări |
Word family
Etymology
Disperare is the noun formed from the Romanian verb a dispera, to despair, which comes from Latin desperare: the prefix de- (away, reversal) attached to sperare, to hope. The Romanian prefix appears as dis- rather than de-, likely reinforced by the same pattern in Italian disperare and French désespérer. The noun ending -are is the standard Romanian suffix that turns a first-conjugation verb infinitive into an abstract noun.
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