aparecido

appeared

adjective noun ah-pah-reh-SEE-doh Rare

Also means

ghost, apparition

Usage Note

Aparecido as an adjective is the past participle of aparecer used attributively (a recently appeared figure). As a noun, un aparecido means a ghost or returned spirit — a usage especially alive in Latin American folk tradition, where los aparecidos can refer to the souls of the dead who make themselves known. Context disambiguates: el aparecido (the ghost) vs recién aparecido (recently appeared).

Examples

"El niño aseguró haber visto a un aparecido."

Natural Translation

The child claimed to have seen a ghost.

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