Quedó huérfana cuando sus padres murieron en un accidente.She was orphaned when her parents died in an accident. a. This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation. Me dio mucha tristeza saber que este niñito es huérfano de madre. I felt so sad when I learned that this little boy is a motherless child. More @Wikipedia
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