Desesperación in english
Despair
pronunciation: dɪsper part of speech: noun
pronunciation: dɪsper part of speech: noun
In gestures
desesperación = despair ; hopelessness ; desperation.
Example: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.Example: 'Are you sure that's what you want?' 'I'm at my wit's end', he said and spread out his hands in a gesture of hopelessness.Example: An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.more:
» con desesperación = dispiritedly ; hopelessly .
Example: He stood on the muddy bank of the river just after dawn, staring dispiritedly at the roiling current separating him from Mexico. Example: Woman, hopelessly left behind, remains in the rut of a past of which she herself knows but little.» crear desesperación = yield + despair .
Example: It is as if failure, having yielded despair, then gave rise to the sheerest optimism.» de pura desesperación = in sheer desperation .
Example: In sheer desperation, he broke away from the two policemen who claimed to be protecting him and ran to the squad car, begging for protection.» desesperación (más) absoluta, la = abject despair .
Example: A season that finished in abject despair has spawned a season of great hopefulness.» en desesperación = despairing ; in despair .
Example: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'. Example: And at the same time his mother has almost gone out of her mind, twisting about on the ground and tearing the hair from her head in despair.» expresar desesperación = express + despair .
Example: In this passage, Macbeth expresses despair at the realization that death is inevitable.» producir desesperación = yield + despair .
Example: It is as if failure, having yielded despair, then gave rise to the sheerest optimism.» situación de desesperación = scene of despair .
Example: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.