Grammatical class
Verb
désespérer
(intransitive) to despair (feel hopeless)
Details
Syllables
dé-ses-pé-rer
Phonetics
de.zɛs.pe.ʁe
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
10304
Freq. (movies)
16242
Freq. (news)
25260
Sentences
La vie est assez courte pour ne pas désespérer de tes quelques défaites.
Life is simply too short to despair over a few losses.
A1
Je commençais à désespérer.
I was starting to lose hope.
A2