defunto

Attested since circa 1400. Learned borrowing from Latin (​vītā​) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).

• IPA^(key): [deˈfuntʊ]

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

1. dead; deceased (no longer alive)

   Synonyms: morto, falecido

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

1. dead person, deceased
   • 1432, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), 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

   Synonym: morto

2. ghost, revenant

   Synonyms: aparecido, pantasma

• “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.

• defonto

Learned borrowing from Latin (​vītā​) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).

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

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

1. dead, defunct

   Questa casa apparteneva al mio defunto nonno. ― This house used to belong to my dead grandfather.

   Synonyms: deceduto, morto

   Antonym: vivo

2. (figurative) dead, defunct, past (of things)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXVI, lines 7–9, page 464:

     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

   • Synonyms: passato, perento, scomparso, tramontato
   • Antonyms: vitale, vivo

defunto m (plural defunti, feminine defunta)

1. deceased (male)

   Il defunto fu seppellito quello stesso giorno. ― The deceased was buried that very day.

   Synonym: morto

   Antonyms: vivente, vivo

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

1. past participle of defungere

• 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

• fenduto, fondute

• defuncto (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin (​vītā​) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).

• Hyphenation: de‧fun‧to

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

1. dead; deceased (no longer alive)

   Synonyms: morto, falecido

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

1. corpse (dead person)

   Synonyms: morto, corpo, cadáver

• “defunto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “defunto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “defunto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “defunto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “defunto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “defunto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.