desperate

desesperado, ansioso

Que desea algo con muchísima fuerza o lo necesita de manera urgente.

En inglés sencillo: If you feel like this, you want or need something very badly.

• I'm desperate for some sleep.
• She was desperate to see her family.
• Are you still desperate for help with the move?

Cómo se usa: desperate for something (They were desperate for clean drinking water.); desperate to do something (He was desperate to find a job.)

Sinónimos: eager, very keen

Expresiones frecuentes: desperate for something, desperate to leave, desperate need

desesperado

Describe una acción arriesgada que se realiza porque parece no haber otra opción.

En inglés sencillo: An action like this is risky but taken because there seems to be no other choice.

• It was a desperate attempt to escape.
• They took desperate measures to save the business.
• His desperate gamble failed, and the team lost.

Sinónimos: last-ditch

Expresiones frecuentes: desperate attempt, desperate measures, desperate effort

desesperado

Que siente que nada puede ayudarle y que las cosas no van a mejorar.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling that nothing can help you and that things will not improve.

• She felt desperate and alone.
• They became desperate after losing their home.
• He was so desperate that he begged strangers for help.

Sinónimos: hopeless, despairing

Antónimos: hopeful

Expresiones frecuentes: feel desperate, desperate people, become desperate

desesperado, crítico

Describe una situación extremadamente mala, con pocas esperanzas de mejorar.

En inglés sencillo: A situation like this is extremely bad, with little hope of improvement.

• The situation is desperate.
• Many families were living in desperate poverty.
• Conditions became desperate after the food supplies ran out.

Sinónimos: dire, critical, hopeless

Expresiones frecuentes: desperate situation, desperate conditions, desperate poverty

desesperado, crítico

Tan peligroso o grave que hay pocas esperanzas de un buen resultado.

En inglés sencillo: So dangerous or bad that there is little hope of a good result.

• The situation is desperate.
• The hospital faced a desperate shortage of medicine.
• Flooding left the village in desperate circumstances.

Sinónimos: dire, hopeless, critical

Expresiones frecuentes: desperate situation, desperate condition, desperate circumstances