dead

muerto

dead(

dehd

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (no longer alive)

a. muerto

I found a dead roach behind the sofa.Encontré una cucaracha muerta detrás del sofá.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).

(figurative)

(extremely tired)

a. muerto

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).

(figurative)

I'm dead after today's workout.Estoy muerto después del entrenamiento de hoy.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(disconnected)

a. desconectado

The power's dead, so we'd better get some flashlights.La luz está desconectada, así que deberíamos buscar unas linternas.

b. cortado

The telephone line went dead because I didn't pay the bill.La línea de teléfono está cortada porque no pagué la factura.

4. (lacking activity)

a. muerto

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

The mall is completely dead during the week.El centro comercial está completamente muerto durante la semana.

b. bajo (season)

Winter is dead season for hostels near the beach.El invierno es temporada baja para los hostales cerca de la playa.

5. (linguistics)

a. muerto

Latin is a dead language.El latín es una lengua muerta.

6. (uncharged)

a. descargado (battery)

Can I use your phone? My battery is dead.¿Puedo usar tu teléfono? Mi batería está descargada.

b. agotado (battery)

I left the headlights on and the battery is dead now.Dejé los faros prendidos y ahora la batería está agotada.

7. (not working)

a. muerto

The speaker couldn't start his talk because the microphone was dead.El orador no podía empezar su plática porque el micrófono estaba muerto.

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).

(figurative)

(numb)

a. dormido

My left hand is dead; I think I slept too much in the same position.Tengo dormida la mano izquierda; creo que dormí demasiado en la misma posición.

A word or phrase that is only used by experts, professionals, or academics in a particular field (e.g., exposition).

(technical)

(sports)

a. muerto

The ball is dead when the batter is hit by a pitch.La pelota está muerta cuando un lanzamiento golpea al bateador.

b. parado

The ball is dead when it goes out of bounds.El balón está parado cuando sale de juego.

10. (unlit)

a. apagado

The firemen have confirmed that the fire is finally dead.Los bomberos han confirmado que el incendio finalmente está apagado.

11. (absolute)

a. en seco (adverb)

The bus came to a dead stop.El autobús paró en seco.

b. total

The library was in dead silence.La biblioteca estaba en silencio total.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

12. (empty)

a. vacío

This wine's dead; let's open another.Este vino ya está vacío, abramos otro.

13. (abruptly)

a. en seco

The train stopped dead at the edge of the cliff.El tren se paró en seco al borde del acantilado.

14.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(absolutely)

a. completamente

You can be dead sure of my innocence.Puedes estar completamente seguro de mi inocencia.

b. totalmente

Time showed that I was dead wrong.El tiempo demostró que estaba totalmente equivocado.

15.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(intensifier) (United Kingdom)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

The car ahead of us was dead slow.El carro de adelante iba lentísimo.

The exam was dead easy; I'll get a 10 for sure.El examen fue muy fácil, seguro que sacaré un 10.

16.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(exactly)

a. justo

Judith arrived dead on time to the interview.Judith llegó justo a tiempo a la entrevista.

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

17. (those not living)

a. los muertos

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The dead were buried in trenches during the war.Los muertos fueron enterrados en zanjas durante la guerra.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

18. (depth)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

The explorers decided to go to Siberia in the dead of winter.Los exploradores decidieron ir a Siberia en pleno invierno.

The party kept going in the dead of the night.La fiesta continuó hasta altas horas de la madrugada.

dead

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (not alive)

a. muerto(a)

a dead manun muerto

a dead womanuna muerta

to be deadestar muerto(a)

2. (fig)

to be dead to the worlddormir como un tronco

3. (colloquial)

over my dead body!¡por encima de mi cadáver!

4. (colloquial)

I wouldn't be seen dead in that dress!¡no me pondría ese vestido ni borracha!

5. (colloquial)

as dead as a doornail or a dodomuerto(a) y bien muerto(a)

6. (fig)

dead and buriedfiniquitado(a)

half dead with frightmedio muerto(a) de miedo

dead or alivevivo(a) o muerto(a)

7. (colloquial)

if dad finds out, you're deadsi papá se entera, te mata

the Dead Seael Mar Muerto

8. (numb)

a. dormido(a)

my leg went deadse me durmió la pierna

9. (lacking energy; voice, eyes)

a. apagado(a)

10. (battery)

a. gastado(a), agotado(a)

the phone or line is deadno hay línea

this place is dead in wintereste lugar está muerto en invierno

dead ball situationjugada f a balón parado

11. (also fig)

dead endcallejón sin salida

12. (fig)

he's a dead weightes un peso muerto

13. (absolute)

dead calmcalma chicha

dead heatempate m

14. (colloquial)

it/he was a dead lossresultó ser un desastre total

15. (colloquial)

to be a dead ringer for somebodyser idéntico(a) a alguien

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

16. (completely)

to be dead set against somethingoponerse rotundamente a algo

to stop deadpararse en seco

17. (colloquial)

to be dead wrongequivocarse de medio a medio

18. (colloquial)

dead beat or tiredhecho(a) polvo, molido(a)

dead slowmuy despacio

19. (colloquial)

a. tela de (very)

dead easyfacilísimo(a), chupado(a)

20. (exactly)

dead on six o'clocka las seis en punto

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

21. (general)

at dead of nighta altas horas de la noche

in the dead of winteren pleno invierno

22. (general)

the deadlos muertos

to rise from the deadresucitar (de entre los muertos)

dead [ded]

adjective

1 [+person, animal, plant] muerto; difunto (formal); [+leaf] marchito; seco

dead man muerto (m); the dead king el difunto rey; to be dead estar muerto; he's been dead for two years hace dos años que murió

dead or alive vivo o muerto

to be dead on arrival (in hospital) ingresar cadáver

dead and buried muerto y bien muerto

to drop (down) dead caer muerto

drop dead! ¡vete al cuerno! (informal)

to fall down dead caer muerto

over my dead body! ¡ni muerto!; ¡ni de chiste!

as dead as a dodo or a doornail or mutgaton más muerto que mi abuela

dead duck

he's a dead duck está quemado; that issue is a dead duck esa cuestión ya no tiene interés

to be dead on one's feet estar hecho migas or polvo (informal)

When we arrived the police there were exhausted. They were stumbling around, dead on their feet I'm usually dead on my feet at the end of the game

dead from the neck up bruto; imbécil; zoquete (informal)

to flog a dead horse

beat a dead horse (US)

machacar en hierro frío

you're dead meat! ¡te vas a enterar!; ¡vas a ver lo que es bueno!

Show your face around here again and you're dead meat! The prison officials consider these guys dead meat, anyway. Why worry about someone going to the dentist when they're planning to kill him anyway?

I wouldn't be seen dead there ni muerto ni vivo me verán allí

to be dead in the water [+economy, talks etc] haberse ido al garete; [+politician, sportsperson etc] estar acabado

he/she was dead to the world (asleep) estaba dormido/a como un tronco

dead men tell no tales los muertos no hablan

2 (finished with)

is that glass/drink dead? ¿ha terminado su vaso?; ¿puedo levantar su vaso?

3 (inactive) [+volcano, fire] apagado; [+cigarette, match] gastado; [+battery] agotado; [+telephone line] cortado; desconectado; [+wire] sin corriente; [+language, love, town, party] muerto; [+custom] anticuado; (Dep) [+ball] parado; fuera de juego

the line has gone dead (Telec) la línea está cortada or muerta

Latin is a dead language

4 (numb)

my fingers have gone dead (gen) se me han dormido los dedos; (with cold) se me han entumecido los dedos

he is dead to all pity es incapaz de sentir compasión

5 (complete) [+silence, calm] total; completo; (exact) [+centre] justo

a dead cert una cosa segura

to fall into a dead faint desmayarse totalmente

a dead loss (person) un inútil; (thing) una birria

a dead ringer for el doble de; la viva imagen de

to come to a dead stop pararse en seco

adverb

1 (completely, exactly)

he stopped dead se paró en seco

dead slow (Aut) reducir la marcha; (Náut) muy despacio

to be dead against sth estar totalmente opuesto a algo

dead ahead todo seguido; todo derecho

dead between the eyes justo entre los ojos

dead level completamente plano

to be dead set on doing sth estar decidido a hacer algo

to be dead set against sth estar totalmente opuesto a algo

dead straight todo seguido; todo derecho

dead on target justo en el blanco

dead on time a la hora exacta

2 (Britain) (very)

to be dead beat estar hecho polvo (informal)

dead broke sin un duro

dead certain completamente seguro

dead drunk borracho perdido

dead easy facilón; chupado (very_informal)

dead tired muerto (de cansancio)

to cut sb dead hacer el vacío a algn

noun

the dead los muertos (m); to come back or rise from the dead resucitar

...a movie about a pet dog that comes back from the dead

at dead of night in the dead of night a altas horas de la noche

in the dead of winter en pleno invierno

modifier

dead end (n) callejón (m) sin salida

to come to a dead end llegar a un punto muerto

dead-end

dead hand (n) [of state, bureaucracy] peso (m) muerto

...removing the dead hand of the state from economic life She says her top priority will be to "cut through the dead hand of bureaucracy" ...those nations still struggling to shrug off the dead hand of communism

dead heat (n) (Dep) empate (m)

dead-heat

dead letter (n) letra (f) muerta

dead march (n) marcha (f) fúnebre

dead matter (n) materia (f) inanimada

dead reckoning (n) estima (f)

Dead Sea (n) mar (m) Muerto

the Dead Sea Scrolls los manuscritos del mar Muerto

the dead season (n) (Tourism) la temporada baja

dead weight (n) peso (m) muerto; [of vehicle] tara (f); lastre (m); carga (f) inútil

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the walking dead	muertos vivientes
he is dead	está muerto
she is dead	está muerta
dead people	muertos
dead body	el cadáver
dead end	el callejón sin salida
dead-end	sin salida
I am dead	estoy muerto
they are dead	están muertos
bread of the dead	el pan de muerto
dead person	el muerto
he was dead	estaba muerto
dead lift	el levantamiento de peso muerto
I'm dead	estoy muerto
drop dead, diva	muérete, diva
drop-dead	no direct translation
honor the dead	honrar al muerto
brain-dead	clínicamente muerto
drop-dead gorgeous	guapísimo
dead rising	el ángulo de pantoque