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Detailed Translations for desperation from English to Spanish

desperation:

desperation [the ~] noun

  1. the desperation (despair; despondency)
    la desesperación; el desespero; la murria; la tristeza; la oscuridad; la desolación; la pena; la depresión; la melancolía; el desaliento; la aflicción; el abatimiento; el carácter sombrío; el estado sombrío; el cansancio de vivir
  2. the desperation (upheaval)
    la desesperación; la confusión

Translation Matrix for desperation:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abatimiento despair; desperation; despondency consternation; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; discontentedness; discord; disgruntlement; dismay; displeasure; dissatisfaction; ill-pleasure; malcontentedness; melancholy
aflicción despair; desperation; despondency acridity; annoyance; bitterness; calamity; catastrophe; chagrin; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; disaster; distress; embitterment; grief; melancholy; misery; misfortune; mournfulness; pain; regret; sadness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; vexation; wistfulness
cansancio de vivir despair; desperation; despondency
carácter sombrío despair; desperation; despondency dejection; depression; melancholy
confusión desperation; upheaval absence of order; bewilderment; caboodle; chaos; confusion; crisscross; disarray; disorder; hash; indeterminacy; mayhem; mess; muddle; perplexity; puzzlement; slip; slip of the tongue; tangle; vagueness
depresión despair; desperation; despondency abyss; caving in; collapse; collapsing; decline; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; depth; despondency; dip; economical crises; fall; falling down; glen; low; low economic activity; low pressure area; lowness; malaise; melancholy; recession; relapse; sagging; slump
desaliento despair; desperation; despondency dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; discouragement; melancholy
desesperación despair; desperation; despondency; upheaval dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy
desespero despair; desperation; despondency dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy
desolación despair; desperation; despondency dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despondency; loneliness; melancholy
estado sombrío despair; desperation; despondency dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; gloom; melancholy; somberness; sombreness
melancolía despair; desperation; despondency dejectedness; dejection; depression; despondency; gloom; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; wistfulness
murria despair; desperation; despondency depression; low pressure area
oscuridad despair; desperation; despondency dark; darkness; dejectedness; despondency; gloom; ignorance; obscurity; somberness; sombreness; unfamiliarity with; vagueness
pena despair; desperation; despondency annoyance; chagrin; compassion; dejection; depression; difficulty; distress; grief; helplessness; melancholy; misery; mournfulness; need; pain; pity; punishing device; punishment; regret; sadness; sorrow; vexation; wistfulness
tristeza despair; desperation; despondency afflictions; annoyance; chagrin; dejectedness; dejection; depression; despondency; distress; gloom; grief; melancholy; misery; mournfulness; pain; pitifulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; sorrows; vexation; wistfulness
- despair

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Related Definitions for "desperation":

  1. desperate recklessness1
    • it was a policy of desperation1
  2. a state in which all hope is lost or absent1
    • courage born of desperation1

Wiktionary Translations for desperation:

desperation
noun
  1. A state of despair, or utter hopelessness
  2. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope

desperation form of desperate:


Translation Matrix for desperate:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- despairing; dire; do-or-die; heroic
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
desahuciado desperate; hopeless; without hope
desesperado desperate hopeless
desesperante desperate impossible
sin esperanza desperate; hopeless; without hope
sin perspectiva desperate; futureless; hopeless; impossible; without chance

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Related Definitions for "desperate":

  1. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort1
    • made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber1
    • the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war1
  2. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless1
    • a desperate illness1
    • on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel1
  3. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire1
    • felt a desperate urge to confess1
    • a desperate need for recognition1
  4. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope1
    • a desperate cry for help1
    • helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether1
    • her desperate screams1
  5. desperately determined1
  6. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair1
    • a desperate criminal1
    • taken hostage of desperate men1
  7. a person who is frightened and in need of help1
    • they prey on the hopes of the desperate1

Wiktionary Translations for desperate:

desperate
adjective
  1. filled with despair

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
desperate desesperado desperaat — de wanhoop nabij, zonder raad