desesperação
Portuguese
Etymology
From desesperar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /de.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ziʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.ziʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /de.zeʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zeʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.ziʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.zeʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.zeʃ.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.z(i)ʃ.pɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Noun
desesperação f (plural desesperações)
- desperation (the act of despairing or becoming desperate)
- Synonym: (more common) desespero