No. 1,552 in Portuguese
mortos
"Mortos" means "dead" or "deceased" in English.
In a sentence
Muitos mortos foram encontrados após o terremoto.
Many dead were found after the earthquake.
Here 'mortos' refers to deceased individuals, indicating people who have lost their lives.
Ele estava morto de cansaço depois de trabalhar o dia todo.
He was dead tired after working all day.
In this sentence, 'morto' is used figuratively to express extreme exhaustion rather than actual death.
As flores no jardim estavam totalmente mortas devido à seca.
The flowers in the garden were completely dead due to the drought.
Here 'mortas' describes the flowers as devoid of life, applying the concept of death to plants.
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