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muerte

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mer-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *mértis ~ *mr̥téys
Proto-Italic *mortis
Latin mortem
Aragonese muerte

    From Latin mortem, singular accusative of mors (“death”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmweɾte/
    • Rhymes: -eɾte
    • Syllabification: muer‧te

    Noun

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    muerte f (plural muertes)

    1. death

    References

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    Asturian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old Leonese morte, from Latin mortem singular accusative of mors (“death”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmweɾte/ [ˈmweɾ.t̪e]
    • Rhymes: -eɾte
    • Syllabification: muer‧te

    Noun

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    muerte f (plural muertes)

    1. death
      • 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateu‎[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2024:
        Lluego dempués de la morte d’ Heróes / lluz que vieno allumar á los que vivín ne’ sombres de la morte.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 1891, Bernardo Acevedo y Huelves, Últimos Momentos de Jovellanos‎[2]:
        morte del gran menistru Xovellanos !…. / morte dixe, y non tal: muerre' aquel home
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. (often capitalized) death (the personification of death as a hooded figure)
      • 1896, José Fernández Quevedo y Llanos, Batalla del Guadalete‎[3]:
        Témbleni les corades á la Muerte,
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    Further reading

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    • “muerte”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
    • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “muerte”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

    Chavacano

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Spanish muerte (“death”).

    Pronunciation

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    • Hyphenation: muer‧te

    Noun

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    muerte

    1. death

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin mortem (“death”) [whence English mortal and mortify], from Proto-Indo-European *mértis (“death”), from *mer- (“to die”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmweɾte/ [ˈmweɾ.t̪e]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -eɾte
    • Syllabification: muer‧te

    Noun

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    muerte f (plural muertes)

    1. death (the cessation of life)
      Synonym: fenecimiento
      Antonyms: vida, nacimiento
      • 2025 July 1, Jennifer Hansler and Deidre McPhillips, “Rubio celebra el fin de USAID y un estudio dice que su eliminación contribuiría a millones de muertes en los próximos 5 años”, in CNN en Español‎[4]:
        Un estudio publicado el lunes en The Lancet estima que los recortes de financiación de USAID podrían causar más de 14 millones de muertes adicionales para 2030.
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    2. (often capitalized) death (the personification of death as a hooded figure)
      Synonyms: Parca, ángel de la muerte
    3. death, demise (the collapse or end of something)
      Synonym: fallecimiento
      Mi esposa dice que será mi muerte.
      My wife says it will be the death of me.

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    Further reading

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