Desaparecido (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural de·sa·pa·re·ci·dos [Spanish de-sah-pah-re-see-thaws; Portuguese de-zah-pah-ri-see-doos; English des-uh-pahr-uh-see-dohz]. /Spanish ˌdɛ sɑˌpɑ rɛˈsi ðɔs; Portuguese ˌdɛ zɑˌpɑ rɪˈsi dʊs; English ˌdɛs əˌpɑr əˈsi doʊz/. Spanish, Portuguese.

one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.