defunto
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since circa 1400. Learned borrowing from Latin (vītā) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defuntos, feminine plural defuntas)
Noun[edit]
defunto m (plural defuntos, feminine defunta, feminine plural defuntas)
- dead person, deceased
- Synonym: morto
- 1432, M. Lucas Alvarez, M. J. Justo Martín, editors, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 321:
- a dita Ynes Ferrandes ouue e reçebeu en sy todos los bêês moueles que foron e quedaron do dito defunto
- said Inés Fernández had and received by herself all of the personal property that were and belonged to said deceased
- ghost, revenant
References[edit]
- “defunto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “defunto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “defunto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “defunto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “defunto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin (vītā) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defunti, feminine plural defunte)
- dead, defunct
- (figurative) dead, defunct, past (of things)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXVI, page 464, lines 7–9:
- Comincia dunque; e dì ove s'appunta ¶ l'anima tua, e fa ragion che sia ¶ la vista in te smarrita e non defunta
- Begin then, and declare to what thy soul ¶ is aimed, and count it for a certainty, ¶ sight is in thee bewildered and not dead
Noun[edit]
defunto m (plural defunti, feminine defunta)
- deceased (male)
Participle[edit]
defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defunti, feminine plural defunte)
Further reading[edit]
- defunto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- defunto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- defunto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- defunto in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- defunto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin (vītā) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: de‧fun‧to
Adjective[edit]
defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defuntos, feminine plural defuntas)
Noun[edit]
defunto m (plural defuntos, feminine defunta, feminine plural defuntas)
Further reading[edit]
- “defunto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “defunto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “defunto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “defunto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “defunto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “defunto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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- gl:Death
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- pt:Death