English Explanatory Dictionary

desaparecido

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the people who disappeared during the 1976-1983 military rule in Argentina, presumed to have been killed by members of the regime.
  2. One of the people who disappeared during the 1972-1981 martial law in the Philippines, presumed to be killed by the military.

Word forms

desaparecido desaparecidos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish desaparecido.

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