I'm lostme he perdido;estoy perdido;the lost child was taken to the security deskllevaron al niño perdido al mostrador de seguridad
to get lost[+person]perderse;[+issue, fact]olvidarse
to tell sb to get lostmandar a algn al cuerno or a la porra (very_informal)
She told him to get lost and he drove away
get lost!¡vete al cuerno! (very_informal);¡vete a la porra! (very_informal)
You're always staring at me! Get lost!
to be lost for wordsno tener palabras;no saber qué decir
I had thought of so many things I wanted to say, but now I'm lost for wordshabía tantas cosas que quería decir, pero ahora no tengo palabras;I was lost for words when I heard the newsme quedé mudo cuando me enteré de la noticia
he was looking for a lost contact lensbuscaba una lentilla que se le había perdido
to get lostperderse;extraviarse
to give sb up for lostdar a algn por desaparecido
to give sth up for lostdar algo por perdido
thousands of credit cards are reported lost each daycada día se denuncia la pérdida de miles de tarjetas de crédito
she is lost to us foreverla hemos perdido para siempre
3(bewildered)perdido;desorientado
I felt lost and lonely in a strange townme sentía perdido or desorientado y solo en una ciudad desconocida;it's too difficult to understand, I'm lostes demasiado difícil de entender, estoy perdido;with a lost expression/lookcon la confusión pintada en el rostro
4(completely absorbed)
to be lost in sthestar absorto en algo
I was lost in thoughtestaba absorto en mis pensamientos
He stared straight ahead, appearing to be lost in thought
she was lost in the musicestaba absorta en la música
to be lost to the worldestar en otro mundo
5(wasted)[+opportunity, income, output]perdido
to catch up onormake up for lost timerecuperar el tiempo perdido
We drove three hours in the middle of the night to catch up on lost time
to be lost on sb
the message is often lost on drug usersel mensaje a menudo no hace eco en los drogadictos;the meaning of that was lost on meno entendí or no capté el significado de eso;an irony/a fact which was not lost on meuna ironía/un hecho que no se me escapaba
The central irony of the story, not lost on Fleet Street, was that Mellor was the man who had threatened the tabloid press with a privacy lawThis was a neighborhood where you could be murdered for a pack of cigarettes,/ a fact that was not lost on me/
6(former)[+youth, job, homeland]perdido
he pined for his lost youthsuspiraba por su juventud perdida
It is essential for your future wellbeing to become more hard-nosed, instead of devoting time to lost causes and underdogs
the lost generation (n)generación de escritores a la que pertenecieron autores como Scott Fitzgerald y Hemingway y que produjeron sus obras después de la Primera Guerra Mundial
lost property (n)(belongings)objetos (m) perdidos
Lost property should be handed to the bus driver
(office)oficina (f) de objetos perdidos
lost property office
lost property office (n)oficina (f) de objetos perdidos
We took the wallet to the lost-property office
lost sheep (n)oveja (f) perdida;oveja (f) descarriada
I really started to be convinced that there were a lot of lost sheep out there who didn't realize they were agents of Satan
lost soul (n)alma (f) perdida
The idea that deep down the average skinhead is a lost soul longing to conform is popular among social workersThey didn't say anything. They just clung to each other, like two lost souls.
