desaparecido
noun
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.
desaparecidos
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pluralof desaparecido.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
