Portuguese term
O clima era de um quase desespero
Proposed translations
The atmosphere was bordering on desperate
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Verginia Ophof
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Paul Dixon
: I would say '...bordering on THE desperate'.
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
The atmosphere was short of despair/desperate
He turned to Danny with a look that was short of desperate but not by much.
I made this one because at one point in time I was short of despair and needed some more DR.
So when she said that was too nice a thing to happen in a world like ours, she meant Nancy to understand that her disheartenment was short of despair.
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 4 more.
There was an almost desperate atmosphere
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Tereza Rae
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Thank you, Tereza :)
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Verginia Ophof
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Thank you, Verginia.
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the atmosphere was almost hopeless
The doctors were doing everything, but in a quasi despair basis
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
The atmosphere was all but desperate
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
there was a feeling (an atmosphere) of almost utter despair !
"Utter" is commonly used alongside "despair" (and many other adjectives) to highlight or emphasise the sensation.
"In fact, the hon. and gallant Gentleman created AN ATMOSPHERE OF ALMOST UTTER DESPAIR throughout the Committee, and in apologetic tones he told us that..."
"But if you are down rather than depressed you should be able to see light at the end of the tunnel, rather than a FEELING OF UTTER DESPAIR."
Costa Rica
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The weather was almost unbearable or, the atmosphere was almost of despair.
o clima era de um quase insuportável.
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
The mood was close to hopelessness
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Rui Pedro
: The mood was one of near hopelessness
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Thank you, Rui.
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Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
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Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Everyone there was on the verge of despair.
Brazil
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Discussion
Among was not intended to be a translation for 'quase'!