despair
/dɪˈspɛɚ/ verbo C1En español: desesperanzar, desesperanzarse, desesperarse
- To cause to despair.
- To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
He/she/it despairs · Pasado despaired · Participio pasado despaired · Forma en -ing despairing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- despair
- He/she/it
- despairs
- Pasado
- despaired
- Participio pasado
- despaired
- Forma en -ing
- despairing
De la biblioteca
A despairing cry escaped the pale lips of Mercédès; the old man sank into a chair.
At last, about ten o’clock, and just as Dantès began to despair, steps were heard in the corridor, a key turned in the lock, the bolts creaked, the massy oaken door flew open, and a flood of light from two torches pervaded the apartment.
He did not even see the ocean, that terrible barrier against freedom, which the prisoners look upon with utter despair.
“Didn’t you know water would be the end of me?” asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice.
Otras coincidencias
Aprende despair en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.