esperanza

esperanzar

to give hope to

Opposite of
desesperación, desesperanza
Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
es‧pe‧ran‧za
Pronounced as (IPA)
/espeˈɾanθa/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Latin spēs Latin -o Latin spērō Latin spērāns Old Spanish esperança Spanish esperanza Inherited from Old Spanish esperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō, from spēs + -o. By surface analysis, esperar + -anza. Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.

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