desaparecido

/desapaɾeˈθido/, [d̪e.sa.pa.ɾeˈθi.ð̞o]

missing


Adjective desaparecido (feminine desaparecida, masculine plural desaparecidos, feminine plural desaparecidas)

  1. disappeared, missing
    ¿Adónde fue el conejo desaparacido?
    Where did the disappeared rabbit go?

Noun desaparecido m (plural desaparecidos, feminine desaparecida, feminine plural desaparecidas)

  1. disappeared, missing people or things
    La policía encontré ayer los desparecidos.
    Yesterday the police found the missing individuals.

Verb desaparecido m (feminine singular desaparecida, masculine plural desaparecidos, feminine plural desaparecidas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of desaparecer ("to disappear")
    Mis llaves han desaparacido.
    My keys have disappeared.

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Examples
  • Sin oxígeno, todos los animales habrían desaparecido hace mucho tiempo.

    Without oxygen, all animals would have disappeared long ago.

  • La policía buscó al niño desaparecido.

    The police searched for the missing child.

  • Cuando llegó la policía, los ladrones habían desaparecido.

    When the police arrived, the thieves had disappeared.

  • Mi querido gatito ya lleva desaparecido una semana.

    My dear little cat has been missing for a week.

  • Cuando llegué a casa me di cuenta de que una de mis maletas había desaparecido.

    When I got home, I realized that one of my suitcases had disappeared.

  • Al fin encontró a su hermano desaparecido.

    He found his missing brother at last.

  • Parece que Tom ha desaparecido.

    Tom seems to have disappeared.

  • Se considera desaparecido.

    He is regarded as missing.

  • Cuando ella regresó a su habitación, el anillo de diamantes había desaparecido.

    When she returned to her room, the diamond ring was gone.

  • Su hermano lleva desaparecido bastante tiempo.

    Her brother has been missing for a while now.

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