lose heart

English

lose heart (third-person singular simple present loses heart, present participle losing heart, simple past and past participle lost heart)

To despair; to experience reduced morale.
- 2008, Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment‎, page 159:
  There's nothing so humbling as being a dunce in a foreign tongue, and if it weren't for her compassion, we'd have lost heart after two weeks.

to despair

Italian: accasciarsi, disperarsi (it), abbattersi (it), scoraggiarsi, sfiduciarsi
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: takarure, tārure
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: па́дать ду́хом impf (pádatʹ dúxom), упа́сть ду́хом pf (upástʹ dúxom), отча́иваться (ru) impf (otčáivatʹsja), отча́яться (ru) pf (otčájatʹsja), опуска́ть ру́ки pf (opuskátʹ rúki)
Spanish: desesperarse (es), desanimarse (es)
Yiddish: אַראָפּפֿאַלן בײַ זיך‎ (aropfaln bay zikh)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.