desaparecido

American  

[de-sah-pah-re-see-thaw, de-zah-pah-ri-see-doo, des-uh-pahr-uh-see-doh] / ˌdɛ sɑˌpɑ rɛˈsi ðɔ, ˌdɛ zɑˌpɑ rɪˈsi dʊ, ˌdɛs əˌpɑr əˈsi doʊ /

noun

Spanish, Portuguese.

• desaparecidos
  plural

1. one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• desaparecidos
  plural

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Example Sentences

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desaparecido desaparecidos

Even after all this time, Manu Chao is still elusive, still the "desaparecido", hurrying down the lost highway.

From The Guardian ● May 9, 2013

Even trying to persuade the government to produce a desaparecido for trial can be dangerous.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two set up an organization that helps find the remains of los desaparecidos — the disappeared — and sparks a moral revolution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

The official total is 73,000, but the true number of desaparecidos, the disappeared, is unknowable.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2020

These records have the potential to shed light on the fate of Condor’s victims, many of whom remain desaparecidos — disappeared.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2020

My sister Marcela, though, we couldn't find her, and she is still on the "desaparecidos" list.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2013

Most of the bodies are still unidentified, but there is little doubt as to who they are: desaparecidos.

From Time Magazine Archive

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