muerte

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

muerte f (plural muertes)

1. death

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “muerte”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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

muerte f (plural muertes)

1. death

• morrer
• muertu

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmweɾte/ [ˈmweɾ.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -eɾte
• Syllabification: muer‧te

muerte f (plural muertes)

1. death (the cessation of life)

   Synonym: fenecimiento

   Antonyms: vida, nacimiento

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.

• “muerte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014