Information about the word despair (English → Esperanto: malesperi)

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/dɪsˈpɛə*/
Hyphenationdes·pair
Shavian alphabet𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑺

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) despair(I) despaired
(thou) despairest(thou) despairedst
(he) despairs, despaireth(he) despaired
(we) despair(we) despaired
(you) despair(you) despaired
(they) despair(they) despaired
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) despair (I) despaired
(thou) despair(thou) despaired
(he) despair(he) despaired
(we) despair(we) despaired
(you) despair(you) despaired
(they) despair(they) despaired
Imperative mood
despair
Participles
Present participlePast participle
despairingdespaired

Usage samples

But neither ship nor land appeared, and I began to despair in my solitude upon the heaving vastnesses of unbroken blue.

Translations

Danishfortvivle
Dutchwanhopen
Esperantomalesperi
Frenchdésespérer
Germanverzweifeln
Latindesperare
Papiamentodesesperá
Portuguesedesesperar; perder a esperança
Swedishmisströsta
West Frisianwanhoopje