No. 1,560 in Catalan
desaparèixer
To disappear.
In a sentence
El rellotge va desaparèixer de la taula.
The watch disappeared from the table.
Here, 'desaparèixer' is used in the context of an object ceasing to be present in a place.
Ha estat difícil comprendre com va desaparèixer tota l'evidència.
It has been difficult to understand how all the evidence disappeared.
In this case, 'desaparèixer' is utilized to describe something intangible, like evidence, vanishing mysteriously.
Moltes espècies estan en perill de desaparèixer.
Many species are in danger of disappearing.
Here, 'desaparèixer' is employed metaphorically to describe extinction or ceasing to exist permanently.
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