esperanza

Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).

(very rare)

esperanza (uncountable)

1. yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

• (Tecoma stans): yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells

• esperanza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tecoma stans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tecoma stans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

esperar +‎ anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns.

• IPA^(key): /espeˈɾanθa/, [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

esperanza f (plural esperances)

1. hope

• esperança (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese esperança, asperança, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns; corresponds to esperar +‎ -anza. Compare Portuguese esperança, Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧za

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope

   Antonym: desesperanza

2. (dated) expectation

   A esperanza longa o corazón acora ― A long expectation afflicts the heart

• “asperança” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sperança” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esperanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esperanza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /espeˈɾanθa/ [es.peˈɾãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /espeˈɾansa/ [es.peˈɾãn.sa]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧za

From esperar +‎ -anza, or from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Portuguese esperança, Italian speranza, French espérance.

esperanza f (plural esperanzas)

1. hope, hopefulness

   Antonyms: desesperación, desesperanza

2. expectation, expectancy

   Synonyms: expectación, expectativa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

esperanza

1. inflection of esperanzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “esperanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014