morto
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adjective
- dead
- deadexperiencing pins and needles) (of a body part
- pastof a time period
noun
- dead man
- corpse, dead body
- an inactive or idle person
- a fourth, absent player
- dummy
verb
- past participle of morire
- died
- killed, murdered
Forms
adjective
| masculine singular | morto |
|---|---|
| feminine | morta |
| masculine plural | morti |
| feminine plural | morte |
noun
| singular | morto |
|---|---|
| plural | morti |
| feminine | morta |
| diminutive error-unknown-tag | morticino |
Used in the library
- Le sorelle vengono sepolte a San Michele, l'isola dei morti, sotto un cipresso.The sisters are buried on San Michele, the island of the dead, under a cypress.A2Il fantasma di Palazzo Zeno — The ghost of Palazzo Zeno (A2)
- Ma Romilda, credendolo morto, si era risposata con Pomino, il suo vecchio amico.But Romilda, believing him dead, had married again, to Pomino, his old friend.B1Il fu Mattia Pascal — The Late Mattia Pascal
- Lo sai cosa dicono a Livorno? "Meglio un morto in casa che un pisano all'uscio."You know what they say in Livorno? "Better a corpse in the house than a Pisan at the door."B1La Luminara — The Luminara of Pisa
- Il titolo è già uno scherzo, perché "il fu" si dice di una persona morta.The title is already a joke, because "il fu" is said of someone who has died.B1Il fu Mattia Pascal — The Late Mattia Pascal
Other ways to say it
- cadaverecorpse, body, cadaver
- corpobody (the physical structure of a human or animal); body, corpse
- decedutodeceased
- defuntodead, defunct; dead, defunct, past (of things)
- defuntodead, defunct; dead, defunct, past (of things)
- estintoextinguished; extinct
- passatopast (time before the present); past tense
- peritoexpert, skillful