mortífero

mortífero

1. neuter of mortíferu

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

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

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

1. deadly (able to kill)

   Synonyms: mortal, fatal, letal, fatífero

• “mortífero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mortífero”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “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, 2003–2025
• “mortífero”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “mortífero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

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

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

1. deadly, lethal

   Synonym: letal

• “mortífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024