| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | mal·e·sper·o |
| Nominative | malespero |
|---|---|
| Accusative | malesperon |
| Danish | fortvivlelse |
|---|---|
| Dutch | radeloosheid; vertwijfeling; wanhoop |
| English | despair |
| Faeroese | vónloysi |
| French | désespoir |
| German | Verzweiflung |
| Latin | desperatio |
| Papiamento | desesperashon |
| Portuguese | desespero |
| Saterland Frisian | Fertwieuwelenge |
| Swedish | förtvivlan; misströstan |
| West Frisian | wanhope |