desaparecido

noun

des·​a·​pa·​re·​cido

(ˌ)dāsə(ˌ)pärəˈsētō,

(ˌ)de-

plural -s

: an Argentine citizen who has been abducted and usually murdered by right-wing terrorists

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, disappeared, past participle of desaparecer to disappear, from des- dis- entry 1 (from Latin) + aparecer to appear, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin apparescere, inchoative of Latin apparēre to be visible, appear

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