desaparecidos
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los desaparecidos
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (masculine or mixed gender) (general)
A word or phrase used to refer to a group including masculine words or both masculine and feminine words (e.g., bienvenidos).
a. disappeared
Este domingo se celebrará un servicio conmemorativo por los muertos y los desaparecidos de la guerra civil.This Sunday there will be a memorial service for the dead and the disappeared from the civil war.
b. missing persons
Existe una unidad de la policía que está especializada en la búsqueda de desaparecidos.There's a police unit that specializes in the search for missing persons.
c. missing
Los desaparecidos nunca serán olvidados por sus familiares y amigos.Those missing will never be forgotten by their families and friends.
d. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
¿Cuántos desaparecidos hubo en el tsunami?How many people went missing in the tsunami?
Las madres de los desaparecidos durante la dictadura hicieron todo lo posible para que los culpables fueran procesados.The mothers of those who disappeared during the dictatorship did everything possible to bring the culprits to justice.
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