Perdidas (en. Losses)

/peɾˈðidas/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

In accounting, it refers to money or goods that have been lost.

The company's losses were reported in the annual balance sheet.

Las pérdidas de la empresa se reportaron en el balance anual.

Loss of people or animals in a tragic event or disaster.

The losses after the earthquake were devastating.

Las pérdidas tras el terremoto fueron devastadoras.

verb

The action of losing something.

I always lose my keys.

Siempre pierdo mis llaves.

From the verb 'to lose', which comes from the Latin 'perdere'.

total losses

When everything has been lost in a certain situation.

perdidas totales

there are no losses

It is used to indicate that there has been no loss suffered.

no hay pérdidas

to lose

To bring something to a state of not having it.

perder

lost

That cannot be found or has been misplaced.

perdido

Difficult or complicated situation.

I am at a total loss with this problem.

Estoy en una pérdida total con este problema.

When you have lost something irreversibly.

That relationship is already a loss for me.

Esa relación ya es una pérdida para mí.