mortífero

== Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moɾˈtifeɾo/ [moɾˈt̪i.fe.ɾo] Rhymes: -ifeɾo Syllabification: mor‧tí‧fe‧ro === Adjective === mortífero neuter of mortíferu == Portuguese == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ifeɾu, -ifɨɾu Hyphenation: mor‧tí‧fe‧ro === Adjective === mortífero (feminine mortífera, masculine plural mortíferos, feminine plural mortíferas) deadly (able to kill) Synonyms: mortal, fatal, letal, fatífero ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “mortífero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mortífero”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “mortífero” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “mortífero”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “mortífero”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “mortífero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moɾˈtifeɾo/ [moɾˈt̪i.fe.ɾo] Rhymes: -ifeɾo Syllabification: mor‧tí‧fe‧ro === Adjective === mortífero (feminine mortífera, masculine plural mortíferos, feminine plural mortíferas) deadly, lethal Synonym: letal ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “mortífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025