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despair2

UK: /dɪˈspeər/ US: /-ˈsper/

Translation

v [i]
desesperar
perder la esperanza
Don't despair, you'll find a job soon
No pierdas la esperanza, encontrarás trabajo pronto
She despaired of ever finding him
Perdió la esperanza de encontrarlo
constr. to despair of + doing sth
(Definition of despair v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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