What does cadavere in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word cadavere in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cadavere in Italian.

The word cadavere in Italian means corpse, cadaver, dead body, body, walking skeleton, over my dead body!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cadavere

corpse, cadaver, dead body, body

sostantivo maschile (corpo di essere umano morto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Arando il campo il contadino ha scoperto un cadavere sepolto di nascosto.
Whilst ploughing the field the farmer uncovered a corpse that had been covertly buried.

walking skeleton

sostantivo maschile (figurato (persona macilenta) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Al campo profughi mancano i viveri e le persone sembrano dei cadaveri.
I feel like death warmed over.

over my dead body!

(slang, figurative)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

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