esperança

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Catalan

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Corresponds to esperar +‎ -ança.

Noun

esperança f (plural esperances)

  1. hope
  2. expectancy, expectation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esperança, asperança, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns; corresponds to esperar +‎ -ança. Compare Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /iʃ.pɨ.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈes.pe.ɾɐ̃.sɐ/, /ˈeʃ.pe.ɾɐ̃.sɐ/, /is.pe.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/, /iʃ.pe.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧ça

Noun

esperança f (plural esperanças)

  1. hope

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esperança.