"desesperado" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /desespeˈɾado/, [d̪e.ses.peˈɾa.ð̞o] Forms: desesperada [feminine], desesperados [masculine, plural], desesperadas [feminine, plural], desperado [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ado Etymology: From desesperar + -ado. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|desesperar|-ado|text=+|tree=1}} From desesperar + -ado. Head templates: {{es-adj}} desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
  1. desperate (filled with despair)
    Sense id: en-desesperado-es-adj-YUxaFigQ Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ado Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ado: 35 30 35
  2. hopeless (destitute of hope)
    Sense id: en-desesperado-es-adj-oIIYmASt Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ado Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ado: 35 30 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a la desesperada, desesperadamente Related terms: desesperanza

Verb

IPA: /desespeˈɾado/, [d̪e.ses.peˈɾa.ð̞o] Forms: desesperada [feminine], desesperados [masculine, plural], desesperadas [feminine, plural], desperado [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ado Etymology: From desesperar + -ado. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|desesperar|-ado|text=+|tree=1}} From desesperar + -ado. Head templates: {{es-past participle}} desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)
  1. past participle of desesperar Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: desesperar
    Sense id: en-desesperado-es-verb-R5V1-TQU Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ado Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ado: 35 30 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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