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cadavere

corpse; cadaver

noun kah-DAH-veh-reh Less Common

Origin: Latin cadaver, from cadere (to fall)

Usage Note

Cadavere is the standard word for a human corpse, used in medical, legal, and literary contexts. The adjective cadaverico means 'cadaverous, deathly pale.' Do not use corpo alone as a euphemism in formal/legal writing — cadavere is the precise term.

Examples

"La polizia ha trovato un cadavere nel parco."

Natural Translation

The police found a corpse in the park.

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