homicídio
See also: homicidio
Galician
Noun
homicídio m (plural homicídios, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of homicidio
Further reading
- “homicídio” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin homicīdium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.miˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [o.miˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.miˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.miˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ [o.miˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /o.miˈsi.d͡ʒjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.miˈsi.dju/ [ɔ.miˈsi.ðju]
- Hyphenation: ho‧mi‧cí‧di‧o
Noun
homicídio m (plural homicídios)
- (law) homicide (killing of a person by another)
- Foi preso por homicídio.
- He was arrested for homicide.
- (colloquial, more strictly) manslaughter (the non-premeditated and/or justifiable killing of another person by another person)
- Coordinate term: assassinato (murder)
Usage notes
- In day-to-day conversations, homicídio qualificado is often referred to as assassinato, but this is not a legal term. As such, in colloquial language the term homicídio is usually reserved for all other forms of homicide.
Hyponyms
- homicídio simples
- homicídio doloso
- homicídio culposo
- homicídio privilegiado
- homicídio qualificado
- homicídio em legítima defesa
Related terms
- homicida
- Mezio
Further reading
- “homicídio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “homicídio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “homicídio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025