How to Say "stolen" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “stolen” is “robado” — B1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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 of “robado”
“robado” can also mean:
- used with 'haber' (to have) to form perfect tenses(A2)
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