English-Portuguese translations for deceased

• falecido
  Gostaria de convidar esta Câmara a guardar um minuto de silêncio em memória dos nossos falecidos colegas. A moment's silence, please, in remembrance of our deceased colleague.
  Gostaríamos de expressar a nossa solidariedade com os familiares e amigos do falecido. We should like to show our solidarity with the family and friends of the deceased.
  Rilke era o poeta favorito do nosso colega Dimitris Tsatsos, recentemente falecido. Rilke was the favourite poet of our recently deceased fellow Member, Dimitris Tsatsos.
• morto
  Por exemplo, no caso dos dadores mortos, uns presumem o consentimento e outros não. For example, if the donor is deceased, some presume consent whereas others do not.
  Senhor Presidente, penso que o Parlamento Europeu tem o dever de respeitar os mortos. Mr President, I believe that the European Parliament has a duty to respect the deceased.
  Num sistema, presume-se que o dador morto teria consentido a transplantação. In one system, it is presumed that the deceased donor would have consented to the transplantation.

Definition of deceased

• No longer alive, dead
• Belonging to the dead
• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide
• A dead person
• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide

Examples

• The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%
• The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
• a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars

Related words

• predeceased
• deceased; defunct
• the deceased