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siniestrado

damaged

adjective noun see-nyes-TRAH-doh Rare

Also means

accident-affected

Usage Note

Siniestrado derives from siniestro (disaster, accident) and is used in insurance and news language to describe a person or property affected by an accident or natural disaster — el vehículo siniestrado, los siniestrados del terremoto. As a noun it refers to victims of such events. It does not mean merely 'damaged' in a trivial sense; it implies a formal insurable event.

Examples

"El vehículo siniestrado fue retirado de la vía."

Natural Translation

The damaged vehicle was removed from the road.

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