English-Spanish translations for desperation

• desesperación
  Todo esto se suma a la desesperación que se manifiesta en el campo. That adds to the existing desperation in the countryside.
  Es preciso hacer frente a las redes criminales que explotan la desesperación de las personas. The criminal networks that exploit people's desperation must be tackled.
  Resulta trágico que la pobreza y la desesperación lleven a alguien a vender sus órganos. It is tragic that poverty and desperation should drive people to sell their organs.

Definition of desperation

• The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope
• reckless fury

Related words

• desperate
• desperately
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• desperate times require desperate measures
• desperate cuts must have desperate cures
• desperate needs lead to desperate deeds
• desperately boring
• desperate act