despairing in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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despairing [Am dəˈspɛrɪŋ, Brit dɪˈspɛːrɪŋ] ADJ

I.despair [Am dəˈspɛr, Brit dɪˈspɛː] N U

II.despair [Am dəˈspɛr, Brit dɪˈspɛː] VB intr

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utter confusion/despair/darkness
completo
utter confusion/despair/darkness
total
utter confusion/despair/darkness
absoluto
he vacillated between optimism and despair
oscilaba entre el optimismo y la desesperación
to seesaw between despair and euphoria
oscilar entre la desesperación y la euforia
the nethermost depths of corruption/despair
la corrupción más baja/la desesperación más profunda

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despairing in the PONS Dictionary

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I.despair [dɪˈspeəʳ, Am dɪˈsper] N no pl

II.despair [dɪˈspeəʳ, Am dɪˈsper] VB intr

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in utter despair
en la más absoluta desesperación
to oscillate between hope and despair
moverse entre la esperanza y la resignación
to vacillate between hope and despair
oscilar entre la esperanza y la desesperación

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despairing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in despair about sth
estar desesperado por algo
to drive sb to despair
desesperar a alguien
to be the despair of sb
tener loco a alguien
to despair of sb/sth
perder las esperanzas con alguien/algo
to be pitched (headlong) into despair
estar sumido en la desesperación
in utter despair
en la más absoluta desesperación
to oscillate between hope and despair
moverse entre la esperanza y la resignación
to vacillate between hope and despair
oscilar entre la esperanza y la desesperación
to be a cause of despair
ser una desesperación
your behaviour drives me to despair
tu comportamiento es desesperante
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When asked why, the waiter says the old man was despairing over nothing, since he has plenty of money.
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But she also artfully recorded her private thoughts, which could be joyful or despairing, playful or despondent.
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Despairing of ever finding her, he ultimately surrenders to melancholy and wills his own death.
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It was populated by a hungry, ill-housed, despairing tenancy.
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Despairing that he will never have a monogamous relationship with her, he crashes his sportscar into a wall.
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Her biographers are indignant at the imputation that she died despairing.
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Despairing of life, he ordered his doctor to give to him poison, but the latter gave him only a sleeping draught.
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But despairing at the thought of becoming a full-time permanent factory worker led him back to school.
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He captures souls who are desiring or despairing to use the misfortune of others to their profit.
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He often represented his subjects as sad, despairing clowns.
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