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morto.

dead (no longer living)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmoʁ.tu/Brazil[ˈmoh.tu]Brazil/ˈmoɾ.tu/São-Paulo/ˈmoʁ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. dead (no longer living)

    comparable
  2. dead (completely inactive)

    comparable
  3. exhausted (extremely tired)

    comparable · informal
  4. dead (not showing emotion)

    comparable · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese morto, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus, perfect active participle of morior (“to die”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”). Compare Galician morto and Spanish muerto.

noun/ˈmoʁ.tu/Brazil[ˈmoh.tu]Brazil/ˈmoɾ.tu/São-Paulo/ˈmoʁ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. deceased

    masculine
  2. corpse (the body of a dead person)

    masculine
  3. a number of cards set apart that can be picked up by the first player to play all his cards

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese morto, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus, perfect active participle of morior (“to die”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”). Compare Galician morto and Spanish muerto.

verb/ˈmoʁ.tu/Brazil[ˈmoh.tu]Brazil/ˈmoɾ.tu/São-Paulo/ˈmoʁ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. past participle of matar

    form-of · participle · past
  2. past participle of morrer

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese morto, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus, perfect active participle of morior (“to die”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”). Compare Galician morto and Spanish muerto.

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