cemitério

See also: cemiterio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌse.mi.ˈtɛ.ɾju/

Noun

cemitério m (plural cemitérios)

  1. cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)
  2. (figuratively) a place without people
    O parque está um cemitério.
    The park is completely empty.
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