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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)

  1. dead; deceased (no longer alive)
    Synonyms: morto, falecido

Noun edit

defunto m (plural defuntos, feminine defunta, feminine plural defuntas)

  1. 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
  2. ghost, revenant
    Synonyms: aparecido, pantasma

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

  • IPA(key): /deˈfun.to/
  • Rhymes: -unto
  • Hyphenation: de‧fùn‧to

Adjective edit

defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defunti, feminine plural defunte)

  1. dead, defunct
    Synonyms: deceduto, morto
    Antonym: vivo
    Questa casa apparteneva al mio defunto nonno. ― This house used to belong to my dead grandfather.
  2. (figurative) dead, defunct, past (of things)
    Synonyms: passato, perento, scomparso, tramontato
    Antonyms: vitale, vivo
    • 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)

  1. deceased (male)
    Synonym: morto
    Antonyms: vivente, vivo
    Il defunto fu seppellito quello stesso giorno. ― The deceased was buried that very day.

Participle edit

defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defunti, feminine plural defunte)

  1. past participle of defungere

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈfũ.tu/, /d͡ʒiˈfũ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈfũ.to/

  • Hyphenation: de‧fun‧to

Adjective edit

defunto (feminine defunta, masculine plural defuntos, feminine plural defuntas)

  2. dead; deceased (no longer alive)
    Synonyms: morto, falecido

Noun edit

defunto m (plural defuntos, feminine defunta, feminine plural defuntas)

  2. corpse (dead person)
    Synonyms: morto, corpo, cadáver

Further reading edit

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