Pronúncia: dɛd
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adjective
- mort.
- he is dead és mort.
- the dead man, the dead woman el mort, la morta.
- the dead king el rei difunt.
- as dead as (the dodo \ a doornail \ mutton) mort i ben mort.
- dead and (gone \ buried) mort i enterrat.
- to (strike \ kill) someone (stone) dead matar algú a l'acte.
- to drop down dead caure (mort) en rodó, morir de sobte.
- dead to reason desenraonat, irracional.
- dead to the world mort per al món, mort per a les coses del món.
- dead with fright mort de por.
- my fingers feel dead owing to the cold tinc les mans balbes del fred que fa.
- to go dead [of limb] adormir-se.
- drop dead! colloquial ves a fer punyetes!
- [town] desert, mort.
- [language] mort.
- [leaf] marcit, sec, mort.
- [well] sec, mort.
- [coal] apagat.
- [obsolete] antiquat, passat de moda.
- all that stuff's pretty dead now tot això ja és molt passat de moda.
- figurative [ball] mort.
- [calm] calma, albaïna.
- [certainty] absolut.
- [colour] apagat, descolorit.
- [fire] esmorteït.
- [letters] cartes no repartides.
- [level] exacte.
- [loss] total.
- [secret] profund.
- [silence] de mort, profund.
- [sleep] profund.
- [sound] apagat.
- [stop] brusc, en sec.
- [voice] monòton.
- Electricity [wire] descarregat, sense corrent.
- dead season mala temporada (en un negoci).
- dead period període d'inactivitat.
- the dead hours la nit.
- (idem) Commerce etc. les hores de poca activitat.
- dead market Commerce mercat (mort \ exhaurit).
- to be dead on time anar al minut.
- to be in dead earnest ser terriblement seriós.
- to come to a dead stop aturar-se bruscament, parar-se en sec.
- he's a dead shot no falla mai (en el tir).
- a dead loss un perdulari, un home sense ofici ni benefici. adverb
- absolutament, completament, totalment.
- dead drunk completament begut.
- dead tired mort de cansament, rebentat.
- dead sure absolutament cert.
- dead broke colloquial [ruined] escurat, eixut, pelat.
- to go dead slow anar molt a poc a poc.
- to stop dead aturar-se, parar-se en sec.
- to be dead against something oposar-se radicalment a alguna cosa.
- to be dead certain estar completament segur.
- dead on time a l'hora (en punt \ exacta). noun
- the dead els morts.
- to rise from the dead ressuscitar.
- at dead of night, in the dead of night al cor de la nit.
- in the dead of winter al ple de l'hivern.