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desamparado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defenseless adjective Without protection; unable to defend oneself.
  • forlorn adj Sad and lonely, especially from feeling abandoned.
  • helpless adj Unable to protect, help, or defend oneself; powerless.
  • underprivileged adjective Lacking the money, opportunities, or social advantages that most people have.

Senses

desamparado is used for these senses in English:

  • defenseless Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
  • forlorn Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • helpless Unable to defend oneself.
  • on the street (idiomatic) Without a home; without the means to afford good shelter.
  • underprivileged A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

forlorn — full definition

  1. adj Sad and lonely, especially from feeling abandoned.
  2. adj Unlikely to succeed; nearly hopeless.

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