Muertos

[irmamar]

How could I translate into English "los muertos" used as a noun? For instance:

Hace autopsias a los muertos.

The dead? Dead people?

Thanks.

[Perikles]

The dead.

[irmamar]

¡Qué rápido!

My teacher says "dead people" or "dead corpses", but I wanted to say if "the dead" were correct.

Thanks.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¡Qué rápido!

My teacher says "dead people" or "dead corpses", but I wanted to say if "the dead" were correct.

Thanks.

I can always think of ways of saying 'dead people' (e.g. Dead people tell no lies), but dead corpses is definitely wrong.

[poli]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I can always think of ways of saying 'dead people' (e.g. Dead people tell no lies), but dead corpses is definitely wrong.

That's right dead corpse is redundant. like cadáver muerto.

You can say living corpse however. This oxymoron is used to describe perhaps insensitively someone about to die.

[pjt33]

"The deceased" is another option (although perhaps more commonly heard referring to a single person/body).

Oh, no-one mentioned "the bodies" either.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

How could I translate into English "los muertos" used as a noun? For instance:

Hace autopsias a los muertos.

The dead? Dead people?

Thanks.

People death.

Autopsy of the people death.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

That's right dead corpse is redundant. like cadáver muerto.

You can say living corpse however. This oxymoron is used to describe perhaps insensitively someone about to die.

Well, the sentence is something like a joke, since all autopsies are performed on the dead.

Could I say simply "corpse"?

[poli]

Sí corpse = cadáver

Cadaver is also an English word meaning corpse.

[CrOtALiTo]

Word ugly.

Corpse