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abandonado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandoned adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
  • derelict adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
  • deserted adj Empty of people; abandoned.
  • forlorn adj Sad and lonely, especially from feeling abandoned.
  • foundling noun An abandoned baby or child found and cared for by someone other than its parents.

Senses

abandonado is used for these senses in English:

  • abandoned No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
  • derelict Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
  • deserted (of a place) Abandoned, without people.
  • forlorn Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
  • foundling An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.

abandoned — full definition

  1. adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
  2. adj Completely free of restraint or inhibition.

derelict — full definition

  1. adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
  2. noun Property, or occasionally a person, abandoned and left with nobody to care for it.

Related Portuguese words