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How to Say "robbed" in Spanish

The Spanish word forrobbedis robadoB1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishB1

robado

AdjectiveB1
describing a person or place (less common, usually 'víctima de robo')
A broken red ceramic piggy bank lying on its side with a single gold coin rolling away, illustrating a stolen object.

Examples

El teléfono que encontraste es robado.

The phone you found is stolen.

Necesitamos reportar los documentos robados a la policía.

We need to report the stolen documents to the police.

La identidad robada causó muchos problemas.

The stolen identity caused many problems.

Agreement Rule

As an adjective, 'robado' must change its ending to match the thing it describes in both number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine): robado (m. sing.), robada (f. sing.), robados (m. plural), robadas (f. plural).

Forgetting Gender Match

Mistake:La cartera robado (Incorrect)

Correction: La cartera robada (Correct, because 'cartera' is feminine.)

Other Meanings ofrobado

robadocan also mean:

  • used in passive constructions(A2)

See all meanings in the full dictionary entry →

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