disappearance

desaparición

Hecho de que alguien o algo se pierda, se vaya o deje de existir.

En inglés sencillo: An event in which someone or something goes missing, goes away, or stops existing.

• Nobody could explain his disappearance.
• Police investigated the disappearance of two children.
• The disappearance of local shops has changed the town.

Cómo se usa: disappearance of someone/something (Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.)

Sinónimos: vanishing

Antónimos: appearance

Expresiones frecuentes: sudden disappearance, mysterious disappearance, disappearance of something, gradual disappearance

desaparición

Momento o proceso en que alguien o algo deja de ser visible.

En inglés sencillo: The moment or process of becoming impossible to see.

• We watched the ship’s disappearance into the fog.
• Her disappearance behind the curtain ended the scene.
• The moon’s disappearance behind clouds left us in darkness.

Cómo se usa: disappearance behind something (We watched the sun’s disappearance behind the hills.)

Sinónimos: vanishing

Antónimos: appearance

Expresiones frecuentes: disappearance from view, disappearance behind something