desesperado

/desespeˈɾado/, [d̪e.ses.peˈɾa.ð̞o]

desperate, hopeless


Adjective desesperado (feminine desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. desperate
  2. hopeless
  3. impatient

Verb desesperado m (feminine singular desesperada, masculine plural desesperados, feminine plural desesperadas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of desesperar.

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Examples
  • El joven debía sentirse muy desesperado cuando recurrió a un acto tan espantoso.

    The young man must have felt very desperate when he resorted to such a terrible act.

  • El sacerdote entró desesperado a la iglesia diciendo que tenía un mensaje de Dios.

    The priest frantically came into the church saying he had a message from God.

  • Tom parece estar desesperado.

    Tom seems desperate.

  • Estoy desesperado.

    I'm desperate.

  • Tom está desesperado.

    Tom is desperate.

  • Tom estaba desesperado por los sentimientos de Mary.

    Tom was desperate for Mary's affection.

  • Tom hizo un intento desesperado de terminar de pintar la cerca antes que oscureciera.

    Tom made a frantic attempt to finish painting the fence before dark.

  • Tom, desesperado, aulló: «¡Mary! ¿Dónde estás?» desde el extremo izquierdo de la frase. «Me temo que, de ahora en adelante, voy a estar en el lado más opuesto posible de ti» respondió secamente Mary.

    Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary.

  • Estaba desesperado por escapar.

    He was desperate to escape.

  • Tom estaba desesperado.

    Tom was desperate.


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