No. 1,039 in Spanish
desaparecido
"Desaparecido" means "missing" or "disappeared."
In a sentence
El libro que estaba en mi escritorio ha desaparecido misteriosamente.
The book that was on my desk has mysteriously disappeared.
Here, 'desaparecido' is used as a past participle to indicate that the book is no longer present.
Han encontrado a la persona que estaba desaparecida desde hace semanas.
They have found the person who had been missing for weeks.
In this sentence, 'desaparecida' describes the state of being missing or having vanished.
La policía busca a un hombre desaparecido en el bosque.
The police are searching for a man missing in the forest.
Here, 'desaparecido' functions as an adjective modifying 'man' (hombre), indicating the man is missing.
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