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.

plural

desaparecidos

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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Example Sentences

En 2015, cuando la necesidad de médicos hispanohablantes era cada vez mayor, la oposición al concepto había desaparecido.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Al cabo de un mes, todo el vello de su cuerpo había desaparecido.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

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