Polyglot Dictionary

cadáver

/kaˈðaβeɾ/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cadáveres

Meaning

  1. corpse

    • Encontraron el cadáver.

      They found the body.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tieso

Close in slang — tieso ("stiff") is used informally for a corpse in Spanish just as "stiff" is English slang for a dead body.

Similar in other languages

German

Leiche

Leiche is the German word for the same thing — both mean "corpse."

Portuguese

cadáver

cadáver is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "corpse."

Practice

1 What does cadáver mean?

2 Fill the gap: Encontraron el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cadáver?

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