desamparado

adj.

unprotected, forlorn, abandoned, destitute.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desamparar.

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desamparado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=desamparar}}desamparar

► adjetivo

1 (persona) helpless, unprotected

2 (lugar) abandoned, forsaken

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(f. - desamparada)

adj.

helpless

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ADJ

1) (=sin protección) helpless, defenceless, defenseless (EEUU)

los niños desamparados de la ciudad — the city's waifs and strays

sentirse desamparado — to feel defenceless o helpless

2) [lugar] (=expuesto) exposed; (=desierto) deserted

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-da adjetivo <niño/anciano> defenseless*; <lugar> bleak, unprotected

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= out in the cold, lorn, forsaken, unprotected.

Ex. The documentary video 'Out in the Cold' seeks to raise audience awareness of the plight of homeless gay and lesbian youth.

Ex. I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.

Ex. She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.

Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

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* criatura desamparada = babe in the wood.

* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.

* desamparados, los = underprivileged, the.

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-da adjetivo <niño/anciano> defenseless*; <lugar> bleak, unprotected

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= out in the cold, lorn, forsaken, unprotected.

Ex: The documentary video 'Out in the Cold' seeks to raise audience awareness of the plight of homeless gay and lesbian youth.

Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.

Ex: She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.

Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

* criatura desamparada = babe in the wood.

* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.

* desamparados, los = underprivileged, the.

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desamparado -da

adjective

1 ‹niño/anciano› defenseless*, vulnerable

se sentía sola y desamparada en la gran ciudad she felt alone and defenseless o vulnerable in the big city

2 ‹lugar› bleak, unprotected

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Del verbo desamparar: (conjugate desamparar)

desamparado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
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desamparar
desamparado

◊ -da adjetivo ‹niño/anciano› defenseless^{(conjugate defenseless)};

‹lugar› bleak, unprotected
desamparado,-a
I adj (persona) helpless, unprotected
(lugar) bleak, forsaken
II sustantivo masculino y femenino helpless o abandoned person
desamparar verbo transitivo
1 to abandon, desert
2 Jur to renounce, relinquish
'desamparado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desamparada
English:
helpless

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desamparado, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] helpless

2. [lugar] desolate, forsaken

♦ nm,f

helpless person;

los desamparados the needy, the helpless

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desamparado

adj defenseless, Br

defenceless

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desamparado, -da adj

desvalido: helpless, destitute