Esperanza
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for May 6, 2009

esperanza (feminine noun (la)) — hope. Look up esperanza in the dictionary

La esperanza es una de las cosas más valiosas en todo el mundo.
Hope is one of the most valuable things in the whole world.

It is said:

La esperanza es lo último que se pierde.

Esperanza is also a woman's name:

Le dije a Esperanza que no viniera.

How cool is that saying!? I'll bet there are lots of wonderful sayings around the word "esperanza".

The Tomisimo dictionary of idioms also says this: "Mientras hay vida, hay esperanza." (Which gives a similar feel to what Irmamar said...)

http://www.tomisimo.org/idioms/es/mi...ranza-229.html

What others do you all know?

I think that cool means "very used". It's a very common sentence, at least in Spain. "Mientras hay vida, hay esperanza" is used, above all when there is a sick person in a family, for instance. But "la esperanza es lo último que se pierde" is used for everything: health, exams, jobs, love, ...

No, actually, "cool" means that it's a good thing, or a nice thing ... but it's very colloquial. I like it ... it's "neat" ... it's very nice. Does that help? I like both of those sayings a lot! :)

I recommend a novel called Hoping for Hope. Quite original and a lot of fun.:good:

:hmm:
I´ve also heard; `La fe es la última que se pierde´ :showoff:

@Lou Ann: it's so widely used, that it's become rather a commonplace... it still is cool. ;)

Jane is right... it can be said both ways... "la esperanza/fe es lo último que se pierde".

And both are females names. :)

esperar is hope as in the verb right?