desapercibido

unnoticed

adjective deh-sah-pehr-see-BEE-doh Rare

Also means

overlooked

Usage Note

Desapercibido means going unnoticed or passing without being observed, and is most often used in the phrase pasar desapercibido (to go unnoticed). A common learner error is confusing it with desprevenido (unprepared, caught off guard); they are not interchangeable. The word agrees in gender and number: desapercibida, desapercibidos.

Examples

"El error pasó completamente desapercibido."

Natural Translation

The error went completely unnoticed.

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