shpresë

== Albanian == === Etymology === From Latin sperans, sperantia, from spero (“hope”). Compare Albanian shpërej "to hope" (doublet of shpresoj, itself from shpresë) from Latin sperāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃpɾɛs(ə)] (Tosk) IPA(key): [ʃpɾɛs] (Gheg) === Noun === shpresë f (plural shpresa, definite shpresa, definite plural shpresat) hope, expectation, waiting, expectancy Synonym: uzdajë ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== humbashpresë ==== Related terms ==== shpresoj pres === References === === Further reading === “shpresë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “shpresë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press