mortífero

See also: mortifero

Asturian

Adjective

mortífero

1. neuter of mortíferu

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mortiferum, derived from mors (“death”) + -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”), originally a calque of Ancient Greek θᾰνᾰτηφόρος (thanatēphóros, “deadly, lethal”, literally “death-bearing”). By surface analysis, morte +‎ -ífero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/ [mohˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/ [mohˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/ [moχˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈti.fɨ.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ifeɾu, -ifɨɾu
• Hyphenation: mor‧tí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

mortífero (feminine mortífera, masculine plural mortíferos, feminine plural mortíferas)

1. deadly (able to kill)

   Synonyms: mortal, fatal, letal, fatífero

Related terms

• morte

 

Further reading

• “mortífero”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “mortífero”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “mortífero” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mortífero”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mortífero”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “mortífero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mortiferum, derived from mors (“death”) + -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”), originally a calque of Ancient Greek θᾰνᾰτηφόρος (thanatēphóros, “deadly, lethal”, literally “death-bearing”). By surface analysis, muerte +‎ -ífero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈtifeɾo/ [moɾˈt̪i.fe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ifeɾo
• Syllabification: mor‧tí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

mortífero (feminine mortífera, masculine plural mortíferos, feminine plural mortíferas)

1. deadly, lethal

   Synonym: letal

Related terms

• muerte

 

Further reading

• “mortífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28