lost

perdido

lost(last)

adjective

1. (misplaced)

a. perdido

Never mind about your lost keys. I have an extra set.

No te preocupes por tus llaves perdidas. Tengo otras.

2. (unable to find one's way)

a. perdido

That little boy looks like he's lost.

Ese niño parece estar perdido.

3. (wasted)

a. perdido

Since he came out of prison, he's made up for lost time.

Desde que salió de la cárcel, ha recuperado el tiempo perdido.

4. (that cannot be recovered)

a. perdido

Handwriting is becoming a lost art.

Escribir a mano se está convirtiendo en un arte perdido.

5. (confused)

a. perdido

Wait a minute, I'm lost. Could you explain that again?

Espera, me he perdido. ¿Podrías volver a explicarlo?

6. (presumed dead)

a. desaparecido

Her brother was lost in action.

Su hermano se dio por desaparecido en combate.

7. (helpless)

a. perdido

I didn't know anyone at the party. I felt completely lost.

No conocía a nadie en la fiesta. Me sentía totalmente perdido.

8. (engrossed)

a. absorto

Nicole was so lost in her book that she didn't hear the doorbell.

Nicole estaba tan absorta en su libro que no escuchó el timbre de la puerta.

lost

adjective

1. (general)

a. perdido(a)

to be lostestar perdido(a)

to seem or look losttener un aire perdido(a)

to give something/somebody up for lostdar algo/a alguien por perdido(a)

lost causecausa perdida

lost and foundobjetos perdidos

lost and found officeoficina de objetos perdidos

lost propertyobjetos perdidos

lost property officeoficina de objetos perdidos

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lost [lɒst]

verb:participle:past

verb:past

intransitive verb

lose

adjective

1 (unable to find one's way) perdido

I'm lost me he perdido; estoy perdido; the lost child was taken to the security desk llevaron al niño perdido al mostrador de seguridad

to get lost [+person] perderse; [+issue, fact] olvidarse

to tell sb to get lost mandar 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 words no tener palabras; no saber qué decir

I had thought of so many things I wanted to say, but now I'm lost for words había tantas cosas que quería decir, pero ahora no tengo palabras; I was lost for words when I heard the news me quedé mudo cuando me enteré de la noticia

2 (missing, mislaid) [+thing, animal] perdido; extraviado

he was looking for a lost contact lens buscaba una lentilla que se le había perdido

to get lost perderse; extraviarse

to give sb up for lost dar a algn por desaparecido

to give sth up for lost dar algo por perdido

thousands of credit cards are reported lost each day cada día se denuncia la pérdida de miles de tarjetas de crédito

she is lost to us forever la hemos perdido para siempre

3 (bewildered) perdido; desorientado

I felt lost and lonely in a strange town me sentía perdido or desorientado y solo en una ciudad desconocida; it's too difficult to understand, I'm lost es demasiado difícil de entender, estoy perdido; with a lost expression/look con la confusión pintada en el rostro

4 (completely absorbed)

to be lost in sth estar absorto en algo

I was lost in thought estaba absorto en mis pensamientos

He stared straight ahead, appearing to be lost in thought

she was lost in the music estaba absorta en la música

to be lost to the world estar en otro mundo

5 (wasted) [+opportunity, income, output] perdido

to catch up on or make up for lost time recuperar 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 users el mensaje a menudo no hace eco en los drogadictos; the meaning of that was lost on me no entendí or no capté el significado de eso; an irony/a fact which was not lost on me una 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 law This 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 youth suspiraba por su juventud perdida

7 (vanished) [+civilization] desaparecido; [+skill, art] desaparecido; perdido

8 (not won) [+battle, campaign, struggle] perdido

all is not lost! ¡no se ha perdido todo!

9 (dead)

she grieved for her lost son lloraba al hijo que había perdido; we are all lost! ¡estamos perdidos!; to be lost at sea desaparecer en el mar

His father was lost at sea during the war

10

lost woman mujer (f) perdida

in the 19th century she founded a hostel for lost women

modifier

lost and found (n) (US)

lost property See culture box in entry lost.

lost cause (n) causa (f) 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 workers They didn't say anything. They just clung to each other, like two lost souls.