malesperi
Esperanto
Etymology
mal- (“opposite of”) + esperi (“to hope”)
Verb
malesperi (present malesperas, past malesperis, future malesperos, conditional malesperus, volitive malesperu)
- to despair
- 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
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Derived terms
- malespero (“despair”)