dead in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for dead in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.dead [Am dɛd, Brit dɛd] ADJ

1. dead (no longer alive):

dead person/animal/plant
muerto
he's dead
está muerto
she has been dead for 50 years
hace 50 años que murió
dead body
cadáver m
dead body
cuerpo m sin vida
he was dead on arrival at the hospital
cuando llegó al hospital ya había muerto
he was dead on arrival at the hospital
ingresó cadáver Spain
to drop dead
caerse muerto
drop dead!
¡vete al demonio or al diablo!
to shoot/strike sb dead
matar a alguien a tiros/a golpes
“wanted, dead or alive”
“se busca: vivo o muerto”
more dead than alive
más muerta que viva
as dead as a dodo or doornail
requetemuerto inf
dead and buried long after I'm dead and buried
mucho después de que esté muerto y enterrado or de que esté bajo tierra
dead and gone all this will be yours when I'm dead and gone
todo esto será tuyo cuando yo me muera
dead men tell no tales
los muertos no hablan
not to be seen or caught dead inf I wouldn't be seen or caught dead in that hat
yo no me pondría ese sombrero ni muerta or ni loca

II.dead [Am dɛd, Brit dɛd] ADV

III.dead [Am dɛd, Brit dɛd] N

See also body

body <pl bodies> [Am ˈbɑdi, Brit ˈbɒdi] N

stone dead [Am ˌstoʊn ˈdɛd, Brit] ADJ inf

dead in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dead in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
that's a (dead) cert inf
eso está claro
as dead as a doornail
muerto y bien muerto
to be a dead ringer (for sb) inf
ser el vivo retrato (de alguien)

Translations for dead in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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broza (hojas)
dead leaves pl

dead Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come to a dead stop
pararse en seco
she wouldn't be seen dead wearing that inf
por nada del mundo se pondría eso
in the dead of night/winter
en plena noche/pleno invierno
to flog a dead horse
perder el tiempo (intentando algo)
he is neither wounded nor dead
no está ni herido ni muerto
to be dead to the world
dormir como un tronco
to stop sb (dead) in his tracks
parar los pies a alguien
to be a dead ringer (for sb) inf
ser el vivo retrato (de alguien)
to be dead from the neck up
ser tonto perdido
to be dead on the spot Brit
quedarse en su sitio fig

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Everywhere the decks were strewn with dead men, lying beneath the debris.
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The next day a search party brought in the remains of the dead.
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The pedicure involves soaking feet in hot water and using scalpels to remove dead skin, calluses, corns, and ingrown nails from the feet.
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Or did he actually -- as the earlier movie hinted -- transfer his consciousness to the body of his brain-dead brother?
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Trickle was found dead beside his pickup truck.
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In 1794, after an earthquake, the numerous dead were buried in the less used leap year vault.
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He states flatly that the clause is invulnerable and that without it the constitution would be a dead letter.
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What followed was a fierce battle with the resistance forces who were forced to withdraw leaving behind 68 dead.
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The prizes of a goose-pulling contest were trivial often the dead bird itself, other times contributions from the audience or rounds of drinks.
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Whilst at the crime scene, her children play with a dead body, on which they paint cat whiskers and poke it with sticks.
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