esperança

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Corresponds to esperar +‎ -ança. Compare Old Occitan esperanssa. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pəˈɾan.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.peˈɾan.sa] Rhymes: -ansa ==== Noun ==== esperança f (plural esperances) hope expectancy, expectation ===== Quotations ===== ===== Derived terms ===== esperança de vida esperançar ===== Related terms ===== desesperança esperar ==== Further reading ==== “esperança”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “esperança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “esperança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “esperança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== esperança inflection of esperançar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Noun === esperança f (plural esperanças, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of esperanza ==== Related terms ==== esperar === Further reading === “esperança”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan esperanssa, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. === Pronunciation === === Noun === esperança f (plural esperanças) hope ==== Related terms ==== esperar == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin spērāns, from spērō, from spēs or -ō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espeˈɾant͡sa/ === Noun === esperança f (usually uncountable) hope ==== Related terms ==== esperar ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: esperansa Spanish: esperanza == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese asperança, from Latin spērāns, from spērō, from spēs or -ō. By surface analysis, esperar +‎ -ança. Compare Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ran‧ça Homophone: Esperança === Noun === esperança f (plural esperanças) hope (Brazil) katydid (any insect in the family Tettigoniidae) Synonym: tetigoniídeo Coordinate terms: grilo, gafanhoto === Further reading === “esperança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esperança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026