La muerte de su hijo la desesperó de tal modo que no podía salir de la cama.Her son's death drove her to despair to the point of not being able to get out of bed.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
mi hermano me desesperamy brother drives me mad o crazy;my brother is infuriating o maddening;me desespera que el tren llegue tardeit's infuriating o maddening when the train is late
2(desalentar)
no dejes que sus críticas te desesperendon't let their criticism make you lose hope o heart;don't let their criticism get to you (familiar)
no te dejes desesperar por sus críticas
tantos problemas la desesperaron y acabó dimitiendoall these problems drove her to despair and in the end she resigned
intransitive verb
(perder la esperanza)to despair;lose hope
sigue adelante, no desespereskeep at it, don't despair o lose hope;desesperar de hacer algoto despair of doing sth;lose all hope of doing sth
el que espera, desesperawaiting gets you down
pronominal verb
desesperarse
1(exasperarse)
me desespero con tanto trabajoall this work is driving me mad o crazy
me desespero con la informalidad de los funcionarios
me estaba desesperando porque el taxi no llegabathe taxi still hadn't come and I was going mad o crazy o getting desperate
2(desalentarse)to despair;lose hope
nunca se desespera aunque las cosas le vayan malshe never loses hope o despairs even when things go badly for her;no te desesperes si no apruebas a la primeraif you don't pass first time, don't despair o give up hope
