malesperi
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Esperanto mal-
Esperanto malesperi
From mal- (oppositional prefix) + esperi (“to hope”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /malesˈperi/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eri
- Syllabification: ma‧les‧pe‧ri
- Hyphenation: mal‧esperi
Verb
[edit]malesperi (present malesperas, past malesperis, future malesperos, conditional malesperus, volitive malesperu)
- to despair
- Antonym: esperi
- 1903, A. Naumann, “Mi amis vin”, in Fundamenta Krestomatio[1]:
- Ĉar ami mi jam tute malesperis
Ĉar kredi vin ne povas koro.- Because I have already despaired to love
Because my heart cannot believe you.
- Because I have already despaired to love
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- malespero (“despair”)
See also
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- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speh₁-
- Esperanto terms prefixed with mal-
- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mel-
- Esperanto 4-syllable words
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/eri
- Rhymes:Esperanto/eri/4 syllables
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto verbs
- Esperanto terms with quotations
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