desaparecer

From des- +‎ aparecer.

desaparecer (first-person singular present desaparezo, first-person singular preterite desaparecín, past participle desaparecido)

1. (intransitive) to disappear; to vanish (to become lost, unseen or stop existing)

• desaparición

• “desaparecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• desapparecer (obsolete)

From des- +‎ aparecer (“appear”).

desaparecer (first-person singular present desapareço, first-person singular preterite desapareci, past participle desaparecido)

2. (intransitive) to disappear; to vanish (to become lost, unseen or stop existing)

   Synonyms: sumir, ir-se

   Antonyms: aparecer, surgir

4. (intransitive) to make something disappear; to get rid of [with com ‘someone/something’]

   Synonym: livrar-se de

• desaparecido
• desaparecimento

From des- +‎ aparecer.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desapaɾeˈθeɾ/ [d̪e.sa.pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desapaɾeˈseɾ/ [d̪e.sa.pa.ɾeˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧pa‧re‧cer

desaparecer (first-person singular present desaparezco, first-person singular preterite desaparecí, past participle desaparecido)

1. (intransitive) to disappear, to go missing, to vanish, to be gone

   Synonym: desvanecer

   Antonym: aparecer

   Mis llaves han desaparecido.

   My keys have disappeared.

2. (intransitive) to drop off (e.g. the map, the face of the earth)
3. (intransitive) to go away, to fade, to wear off, to subside

   Ignorar esto no lo hace desaparecer.

   Ignoring this will not make it go away.

   Esos síntomas iniciales luego deben desaparecer.

   Those initial symptoms later should subside.

• desparecer

• “desaparecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28