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3 Translation results for dead in Spanish

adjective | noun | adverb

dead adjective

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muerto; entumecido; indiferente, frío; inactivo; desconectado (dícese del teléfono), descargado (dícese de una batería); agotado, derrengado; obsoleto; exacto

Example sentences of
dead adjective

  • Her husband is dead. He died last year.
  • He was found dead in his apartment yesterday.
  • He lay dead on the floor.
  • The lost mountain climbers were believed dead.
  • The poster said that the robbers were wanted dead or alive.
  • Our legs were completely dead after hiking all day.
  • I'm dead if I come in late for work again.
  • If I ever get my hands on you, you're dead!

Detailed synonyms for dead adjective

Dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late significan desprovisto de vida.
  • Dead se aplica de manera literal a lo que está desprovisto de fuerza vital, pero se usa de manera figurada con cualquier cosa que haya perdido algún atributo de vida, como por ejemplo, la energía, la actividad o el resplandor <a dead engine>.
    antonyms: alive
  • Defunct recalca la cesación de existencia u operación activa <a defunct television series>.
    antonyms: alive, live
  • Deceased, departed y late se aplican a personas que han muerto recientemente. Deceased se usa primordialmente en contextos legales <the deceased child's share of the property>; departed suele usarse como eufemismo <pray for our departed mother>; y late se aplica en particular a una persona en una relación específica de estatus o condición <the late president of the company>.

dead noun

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los muertos

Example sentences of
dead noun

  • By the end of the war, there were over two million dead.
  • He began his journey in the dead of winter.

dead adverb

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repentinamente, subitamente; absolutamente; justo

Example sentences of
dead adverb

  • She's dead certain that she can finish the job.
  • We were dead tired by the end of the day.
  • He's not joking. In fact, he's dead serious.
  • They were both dead drunk and passed out on the floor.
  • She finished the race dead last.

Synonyms of
dead adverb

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  • La palabra dead se usa a menudo para poner énfasis en la palabra que la sigue; no obstante, al contrario que very o absolutely, no se puede usar con cada palabra, y está limitada a ciertas frases. Las frases más comunes son dead right y dead wrong (que significan "completamente correcto" y "completamente incorrecto" respectivamente).
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Reverse translation for dead

muerto  - dead, lifeless, flat, dull 
entumecido  - numb, stiff (of muscles, joints, etc.) 
indiferente  - indifferent, unconcerned 
frío  - cold, cool, indifferent 
inactivo  - inactive, idle, dormant 
desconectado  (dícese del teléfono) - disconnected, (figurative) out of touch 
descargado  (dícese de una batería)
agotado  - exhausted, used up, sold out, worn-out, tired 
derrengado  - bent, twisted, exhausted 
obsoleto  - obsolete 
exacto  - accurate, precise, exact, (slang) on the money 
subitamente  - suddenly, unexpectedly 
absolutamente  - absolutely, completely, totally 
justo  - justly, right, exactly, tightly