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

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

Sí corpse = cadáver

Cadaver is also an English word meaning corpse.

I meant in the sentence: to perform an autopsy on a corpse.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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

Si un avión chocara contra una montaña en los Pirineos cerca de la frontera y rebotara hasta acabar con una mitad en España y una en Francia, ¿dónde enterrarían los supervivientes?

[irmamar]

Donde nadie los encontrara.

(no quiero ir a la cárcel)

[bobjenkins]

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.

The dead, dead people, o solo corpses (dead corpses me parece redundante) son un poco impersonal. Sin embargo esas traducciones son más literales, también podrías decirlo así

The fallen
The victims (si ellos son victimas)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Si un avión chocara contra una montaña en los Pirineos cerca de la frontera y rebotara hasta acabar con una mitad en España y una en Francia, ¿dónde enterrarían los supervivientes?

Originally Posted by irmamar

Donde nadie los encontrara.

Pero si son sobrevivientes, es mejor no enterrarlos y preferiblemente llevarlos a un hospital.

[irmamar]

Es que la pregunta era "dónde los enterraría", no "qué haría con ellos". Por eso los enterraría donde nadie los encontrara. Es que soy muy obediente.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Irma: Me doy cuenta.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Es que la pregunta era "dónde los enterraría", no "qué haría con ellos". Por eso los enterraría donde nadie los encontrara. Es que soy muy obediente.

You have instinct murderer.

I don't like to be in your road jejeje.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

You have instinct murderer.

I don't like to be in your road jejeje.

No lo sabes bien.

Todos tenemos un pequeño salvaje dentro.