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sperantă

hope /speˈran.t͡sə/

noun#4040 most common

Also: expectation, prospect

Example sentences

Am speranță.
I have hope.
Ea are mereu speranță.
She always has hope.
Speranța moare ultima.
Hope dies last.
Nu-mi pierd speranța, chiar dacă lucrurile sunt grele.
I don't lose hope, even though things are hard.
Speranța lui de a găsi un loc de muncă mai bun s-a împlinit în cele din urmă.
His hope of finding a better job was finally fulfilled.
În ciuda eșecurilor repetate, speranțele ei nu au fost niciodată complet spulberate.
Despite repeated failures, her hopes were never completely shattered.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesperanțăsperanțe
Genitivesperanțesperanțelor
Accusativesperanțăsperanțe
Vocativesperanțosperanțelor

Word family

a sperato hope
sperathoped for
nesperatunhoped for, unexpected
disperaredespairdisperatdesperate

Etymology

Romanian "speranță" comes from Latin "sperantia", an abstract noun built on "sperans, sperantis", the present participle of "sperare", to hope. It belongs to the oldest Latin layer of Romanian vocabulary, alongside the related verb "a spera". The same Latin root gave Italian "speranza", French "espérance", and Spanish and Portuguese "esperanza"/"esperança".

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