óbito

/ˈɔbitu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os óbitos

Meaning

  1. death

    • Registrou o óbito.

      He registered the death.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

falecimento

óbito is more medical or legal, like a death certificate term; falecimento is more formal or euphemistic, used in obituaries — both mean "death."

Similar in other languages

German

Tod

Tod is the German word for the same thing — both mean "death."

Spanish

defunción

defunción is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "death."

Spanish

fallecimiento

fallecimiento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "death."

Practice

1 What does óbito mean?

2 Fill the gap: Registrou o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches óbito?

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