defunto

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈfunto/ [d̪eˈfun̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: de‧fun‧to

Adjective

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

1. dead; deceased (no longer alive)

   Synonyms: morto, falecido

Noun

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

1. dead person, deceased

   Synonym: morto

   • 1432, M. Lucas Alvarez, M. J. Justo Martín, editors, 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

2. ghost, revenant

   Synonyms: aparecido, pantasma

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “defunto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “defunto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “defunto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “defunto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “defunto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Alternative forms

• defonto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. dead, defunct

   Synonyms: deceduto, morto

   Antonym: vivo

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

2. (figurative) dead, defunct, past (of things)

   Synonyms: passato, perento, scomparso, tramontato

   Antonyms: vitale, vivo

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXVI, page 464, lines 7–9:

     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

Noun

defunto m (plural defunti, feminine defunta)

1. deceased (male)

   Synonym: morto

   Antonyms: vivente, vivo

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

Participle

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

1. past participle of defungere

Further reading

• 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

Anagrams

• fenduto, fondute

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• defuncto (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈfũ.tu/, /d͡ʒiˈfũ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈfũ.tu/, /d͡ʒiˈfũ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈfũ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈfũ.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧fun‧to

Adjective

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

2. dead; deceased (no longer alive)

   Synonyms: morto, falecido

Noun

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

2. corpse (dead person)

   Synonyms: morto, corpo, cadáver

Further reading

• “defunto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “defunto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “defunto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “defunto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “defunto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “defunto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025