difunta

deceased, late

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difunt the deceased, dead person + a feminine singular
adjective · feminine singular Rare #41,293
deceased, late Used to describe a woman who has died; somewhat formal.
SP: La difunta señora García vivía en esta casa.
EN: The late Mrs. García lived in this house.
Forms of difunto
MasculineFeminine
Singular — difunta

Imagino que sin su difunta esposa debe sentirse muy solo.

I imagine that without his late wife he must feel very lonely.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

Ella está con los padres de su difunta esposa.

She is with his late wife's parents.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Recuerdo a mi pobre difunta madre.

I remember my poor, late mother.

— El cartero (y Pablo Neruda) (1994)

De repente pensé en mi madre difunta.

Suddenly I thought of my deceased mother.

Mi difunta hija, Ruby, juega en el jardín.

My late daughter, Ruby, is playing in the garden.

— Peaky Blinders: El hombre inmortal (2026)