orphan

huérfano

Niño cuyo padre y cuya madre han muerto.

En inglés sencillo: A child whose parents have both died.

• The orphan lived with her aunt.
• They adopted two orphans after the war.
• He became an orphan at the age of six.

Expresiones frecuentes: young orphan, war orphan, become an orphan

huérfano

Que ha perdido a ambos padres porque han muerto.

En inglés sencillo: Having lost both parents through death.

• The orphan child needed a home.
• They raised three orphan boys together.
• An orphan girl came to live with her grandmother.

Sinónimos: orphaned, parentless

Expresiones frecuentes: orphan child, orphan boy, orphan girl

abandonado, sin apoyo

Que ha quedado sin el apoyo, el dueño o la organización que antes se ocupaba de ello.

En inglés sencillo: Left without the support, owner, or organization that previously looked after it.

• The orphan project had no funding.
• Nobody wanted responsibility for the orphan program.
• Several orphan assets remained after the company closed.

Sinónimos: unsupported, abandoned

Expresiones frecuentes: orphan project, orphan program, orphan asset

dejar huérfano

Hacer que alguien pierda a sus padres por la muerte de estos.

En inglés sencillo: To cause someone to lose their parents through death.

• He was orphaned at six.
• The disease orphaned hundreds of children.
• The orphaned cubs were taken to a rescue center.

Cómo se usa: be orphaned by something (Many children were orphaned by the war.); be orphaned at an age (She was orphaned at ten.)

Expresiones frecuentes: orphan a child, be orphaned young

dejar sin referencia

Dejar datos informáticos sin un enlace o una referencia válida, dificultando o impidiendo el acceso.

En inglés sencillo: To leave computer data without a working link or reference, making it difficult or impossible to access.

• Deleting the link will orphan the file.
• The update orphaned several database records.
• Check that your changes do not orphan any images.

Expresiones frecuentes: orphan a file, orphan a record