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LENGUAS VIVAS

GLOSARIO DE SERVICIOS
FÚNEBRES

MATERIA: INTRODUCCIÓN A LA
INTERPRETACIÓN

PROFESORA: VICTORIA MASSA SOJO

ALUMNA: DANIELA DOMINGO

AÑO: 2007

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ÍNDICE

Página 3 Glosario de servicios fúnebres

Página 14 Contralistado

Página 20 Bibliografía

Página 21 Anexo

Página 21 Eufemismos en español

Página 23 Eufemismos en inglés

Página 31 Dibujos

Página 31 Televisión

Página 33 Capítulos de “Family Guy”

Página 34 Artículo sobre la muerte

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GLOSARIO DE SERVICIOS FÚNEBRES

1. algor mortis: the cooling of the body immediately alters death to room temperature and
temporary stiffening of the muscles.
algor mortis
2. ambulance: an automotive vehicle especially constructed and equipped to transport
injured, sick or incapacitated people.
ambulancia
3. apprentice: the name generally applied to an individual learning the embalming and
funeral directing procedure under the supervision of a licensee.
aprendiz
4. arrangement room: a room of the funeral home used to make the necessary funeral
arrangements with the family of the deceased.
despacho de atención
5. aspirate: process of withdrawing fluids and gases from the abdominal cavity.
aspirar/extraer por succión
6. background drapes: decorative drapes (usually made of velour) arranged on a frame
and placed behind the casket as a background.
decoración del fondo
7. bereaved: (N) the immediate family of the deceased. (V) suffering from grief upon the
death of a loved one.
(N) familia en duelo
(V)perder a un ser querido
8. burial: placing of a dead body in an underground chamber-earth burial-interment
entierro/inhumación
burial place: sepultura
burial service: entierro
9. burial certificate or permit: a legal paper issued by the local government authorizing
burial. The permit may authorize earth burial or cremation or removal to a distant point.
licencia de inhumación
10. burial garments: wearing apparel made especially for the dead.
prendas funerarias/mortaja

11. burial insurance: an insurance policy in which the principal is paid in a funeral
service and merchandise rather than cashed.
seguro de entierro
12. burial vault: a boxlike container for holding a casket for earth burial; the more
substantial vault or a liner is required by most cemeteries to prevent the collapse of a grave
after burial.
bóveda de entierro
13. cadaver: body of a deceased person.
cadáver

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14. canopy: a roof-like structure projecting from the outside wall over the driveway
allowing passengers to board and alight from vehicles without being directly exposed to
the elements-sometimes constructed as a portable canvas shelter used to cover the grave
area during the committal service.
Toldo / (rel)palio / persiana /
baldaquín
15. cash advance items: goods and services furnished by a third party and paid for by the
funeral director on your behalf.
artículos y servicios pagados
por adelantado

16. casket: a receptacle of wood, metal or plastic into which the dead human body is
placed for burial. Sometimes referred to as ‘coffin’ or ‘burial case’.
ataúd/féretro/cajón
casket bearer: friends or relatives of the deceased who carry the casket
with its remains.
porteador
casket coach: a motor coach designed and used for the conveyance of
the casketed remains from the place the funeral service is conducted to the
cemetery. Also known as funeral coach, hearse, casket coach and service
car.
coche fúnebre
casket hardware: asas y accesorios del
ataúd/féretro
casket rack: a device which allows caskets to be placed one on top of
the other for display purposes. estante/dispositivo de soporte
para ataúd
casket veil: silk or net, transparent covering for the casket for the
purpose of keeping flies and other insects from the remains
velo
17. casketing: placing of the body in the casket upon completion of embalming, dressing
and cosmetizing.
enferetramiento
18. catafalque: a stand upon which the casketed remains rest while in state and during the
funeral service.
catafalco
19. cemetery: an area of ground set aside for burial or entombment of the deceased.
cementerio

lawn cemetery: parque conmemorativo

20. cenotaph: an empty tomb or monument erected in memory of a person buried
elsewhere.
cenotafio/monumento
funerario

21. certified death certificate: a legalized copy of the original certificate, issued upon
request by the local government for the purpose of substantializing various claims by the
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certificado de defunción
certificado
22. chapel (of rest): a large room of the funeral home in which the farewell service is held.
capilla (mortuoria)
23. church truck: a collapsible catafalque used or funerals.
catafalco fúnebre plegable
24. coffin: a wedge shaped burial case, usually eight-sided.
ataúd/féretro/cajón

coffin display room: sala de exposición de féretros

coffin lid: tapa de ataúd
international norm coffin: ataúd sellado
non sealed coffin: ataúd sin sellar
25. columbarium: a structure of vaults lined with recesses for urns containing cremated
remains.
columbarium
26. committal service: the final portion of the funeral service at which time the deceased
is interred or entombed.
entierro
27. container: a pressboard or fibreboard box the size of a casket usually used for
immediate/direct cremations; alternative container.
contenedor/recipiente/envase

28. coroner: a public official and in some cases a constitutional officer whose duty it is to
investigate the case of death if it appears to be from other than natural causes, or if there
was no physician in attendance for a long time prior to death. Medical examiner in the UK.
médico forense
29. cortege: the funeral procession.
comitiva/cortejo fúnebre
30. cosmetology: utilization of cosmetics to restore life-like appearance to the deceased.
tratamiento cosmético
31. cremains: the remains of a body after cremation; cremated remains, ashes.
restos cremados/cenizas
32. cremation: a process which reduces the body by heat to small bone fragments. When
the fragments are pulverized, they are reduced to the consistency of coarse sand or crushed
seashells.
cremación/incineración de
cadáveres

cremation permit: a certificate issued by local government authorizing

cremation of the deceased.
permiso de cremación
33. crematory: a building with a furnace called a retort which is used to cremate human
remains (or the furnace/retort itself); crematorium(n.)/crematoria (pl.)
crematorio
34. crypt: a vault or room used for keeping remains.
cripta
35. cot: the stretcher-like carrier used to remove deceased people from the place of death
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camilla
36. death: cessation of all vital functions without the capacity of resuscitation.
muerte/defunción/fallecimiento
death announcement: aviso fúnebre
death care provider: Also funeral service provider.
organismo de pompas fúnebres
death certificate: a legal paper signed by the attending physician
showing the cause of death and other vital statistical data pertaining to the deceased.
certificado de defunción
death notice: that paragraph in the classified section of a newspaper
publicizing the death of a person and giving those details of the funeral service the
survivors wish to have published. Most such notices list the names of the relatives of the
deceased. Also obituary
esquela de defunción/aviso
fúnebre/esquelas (mortuorias)/necrológicas
37. deceased: one in whom all physical life has ceased.
difunto/fallecido
38. direct burial: the body is transferred from the place of death to the funeral home,
placed in a casket and then delivered directly to the burial site. There is no public viewing
or graveside services.
inhumación/entierro directo
39. direct cremation: the body is transferred from the place of death to the funeral home,
placed in a container and delivered directly to a crematory. There is no public viewing.
cremación directa
40. disinter: to remove the remains from the burial place;to dig up.
desenterrar/exhumar
41. disinterment: the act of removing the remains from the burial place.
exhumación
42. display room: that room in the funeral home in which caskets, urns, burial garments
and sometimes vaults are displayed.
exposición de féretros
43. disposition: the final resting place for the body or for cremated remains. Choices
include burial of the body in the earth or a mausoleum; burial, scattering or deposit of
cremated remains in an urn for placement in a niche or taking home; donation of the body
to a research facility; or burial at sea.
disposición final/inhumación
44. door badge: a floral spray placed on the door of a residence wherein death has
occurred.
corona o flores fijadas en la
puerta del fallecido
45. earth burial: interment of a body in a grave.
entierro
46. embalm: (verb) the process of sanitizing, disinfecting and temporarily preserving a
dead body by means of circulating preservative and antiseptic through the veins and
arteries.
embalsamar
47. embalmer: one who disinfects or preserves dead human bodies by the injection or
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bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; or uses
derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features.
embalsamador
48. embalming: (noun) the process of sanitizing, disinfecting and temporarily preserving a
dead body by means of circulating preservative and antiseptic through the veins and
arteries.
embalsamiento
embalming fluid: liquid chemicals used in preserving a dead body.
fluído de embalsamiento
embalming table: an operating table usually constructed of metal with a
porcelain surface upon which the remains are placed for embalming.
mesa de embalsamiento
49. entombment: placement of the body in a casket above ground in a mausoleum.
sepultar
50. exhume: to dig up the remains; to remove from the place of burial.
exhumar

51. family car: that limousine in the funeral procession set aside for the use of the
immediate family.
coche fúnebre familiar

52. family room: an especially arranged room in the funeral home which affords the
family privacy at the time of the funeral service.
sala familiar

53. flower car: a vehicle used for the transportation of flower pieces from the funeral
home to the church and/or cemetery.
Coche porta coronas
54. flower racks and stands: wooden or metal stands and racks of varying heights used
for banking flowers around the casket.
dispositivo de soporte para
flores y coronas
55. final rites: the funeral service.
últimos sacramentos
56. first call: the initial visit of the funeral director to the place of death for the purpose of
removing the deceased and to secure certain information for which he has immediate need.
entrevista inicial
57. funeral: ceremony or procession held in conjunction with burial. Also an end, a
eulogy, a sermon, a source of concern, or resembling a funeral.
sepelio
funeral arrangements: funeral director's conference with the family for
the purpose of completing financial and service details of a funeral.
organización material y
económica del sepelio
funeral arranger: also funeral counselor/mortician/funeral
undertaker/funeral director.
ajustador
funeral article/product: artículo funerario

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funeral coach: a motor coach designed and used for the conveyance of
the casketed remains from the place the funeral service is conducted to the
cemetery. A also casket coach/hearse/service car.
coche fúnebre

funeral counsellor: also funeral arranger/ mortician/funera

undertaker/funeral director.
ajustador
funeral director: a professional who prepares for the burial or other
disposition of dead human bodies, supervises such burial or disposition, maintains a
funeral establishment for such purposes, counsels with survivors. Also mortician/ funeral
undertaker/ funeral arranger/funeral counsellor.
empresario de pompas
fúnebres
funeral home: a building used for the purpose of embalming, arranging
and conducting funerals. Also funeral complex/mortuary.
complejo funerario / tanatorio /
funeraria / casa de sepelios / empresa
fúnebre / cochería /casa o empresa
mortuoria/agencia funeraria

funeral home manager: gerente

funeral oration: also eulogy
oración fúnebre
funeral parlor: sala velatoria
funeral proccession: also cortège
cortejo
funeral ritual: rito fúnebre
funeral service: 1) The profession which deals with the handling of
dead human bodies; 2) The religious or other rites conducted immediately
before final disposition of the dead human body.
1) servicios fúnebres
2) servicio religioso funeral
funeral service provider: also death care provider
organismo de pompas fúnebres
funeral spray: a collective mass of cut flowers sent to the residence of
the deceased or to the funeral home as a floral tribute to the deceased.
corona o flores fijadas en la
puerta de la casa del fallecido
58. grave: an excavation in the earth for the purpose of burying the deceased.
sepultura/sepelio
grave digger: sepulturero
grave liner: a receptacle made of concrete, metal or wood into which the
casket is placed as an extra precaution in protecting the remains from the elements. This is
required by most cemeteries to prevent the collapse of a grave after burial. State law,
however, usually does not require a grave liner. Also outer container.
revestimiento de sepultura o tumba /
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grave marker: also memorial marker/memorial stone/ornamental grave

cover. A method of identifying the occupant of a particular grave.
Permanent grave markers are usually of metal or stone which gives such
data as the name of the individual, date and place of birth, date and place of
death.
lápida sepulcral
59. graveside services: formal committal services conducted at the cemetery.
servicio en la tumba / servicio
en la sepultura/servicio en el cementerio
responso final(cuando incluye
servicio religioso)
60. hearse: a motor coach designed and used for the conveyance of the casketed remains
from the place the funeral service is conducted to the cemetery. Also known as funeral
coach, casket coach and service car.
coche fúnebre

61. honorary pallbearers: friends or members of a religious, social or fraternal

organization who act as an escort or honor guard for the deceased. Honorary pallbearers do
not carry the casket.
amigo o amiga de la corte de
honor de un entierro
62. hospice: an organization, staffed mainly by volunteers, dedicated to the care of the
terminally ill who choose to die at home.
hospicio
hospice care: cuidados paliativos
63. inquest: an official inquiry or examination usually before a jury to determine the case
of death.
investigación/encuesta
64. in state: the custom of availing the deceased for viewing by relatives and friends prior
to or after the funeral service.
velatorio

65. instruments: the varied tools required in the embalming operation.

instrumentos
66. inter (to): to bury a dead body in the earth in a grave or tomb.
inhumar
67. interment: the act of burial
entierro
68. inurnment: the placing of the ashes of one cremated in an urn.
rellenar la urna de
cenizas/disposición en urna
69. lead car: the vehicle in which the funeral director and sometimes the clergyman rides.
When the procession is formed, the lead car moves to the head of it and leads the
procession to the church and/or cemetery.
coche de duelo

70. license: an authorization from the state granting permission to perform duties which,
without such permission, would be illegal.
licencia

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71. limousine: an automobile designed to seat five or more persons behind the driver's
seat.
limusina
72. lowering device: a mechanism used for lowering the casket into the grave. Apparatus
is placed over the open grave which has two or more straps which support the casket over
the opening. Upon release of the mechanism, the straps unwind from a cylinder and slowly
lower the casket into the grave.
dispositivo para sepelio
73. mausoleum: a public or private building especially designed to receive entombments.
A permanent above ground resting place for the dead.

mausoleo
74. marker: a monument or memorial to mark the place of burial.
lápida
75. medical examiner: a government official, usually appointed, who has a thorough
medical knowledge and whose function is to perform an autopsy on bodies dead from
violence, suicide, crime, etc., and to investigate circumstances of death. Also coroner
(UK).
médico forense
76. memorial service: a religious service conducted in memory of the deceased without
the remains being present.
servicio conmemorativo /
conmemoración

77. minister’s room: a room in the funeral home set aside for the clergyman wherein he
can robe and make any last minute preparations for the funeral service.
sala para el clérigo

78. morgue: a place to where bodies found dead are removed and exposed pending
identification by relatives.
morgue/depósito judicial de
cadáveres
79. mortician: also funeral director, funeral counsellor, funeral arranger and funeral
undertaker.
empresario de pompas
fúnebres/ajustador
80. mortuary: a synonym for funeral home - a building specifically designed and
constructed for caring for the dead.
tanatorio
mortuary science: that part of the funeral service profession dealing with
the proper preparation of the body for final disposition.
ciencia mortuoria
81. mourner: one who is present at the funeral out of affection or respect for the deceased.
persona de luto
82. niche: a shell-like space in a wall made for the placing of urns containing cremated
remains, or inside a building for this purpose which is called a columbarium. Urns are
placed in these niches as a final resting place for cremated remains.
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83. obituary: a brief notice of the death of a person, particularly a newspaper notice,
which usually lists the name of the deceased, the age, and a biographical sketch.
Newspapers may or may not charge for publishing obituaries. Also death notice.
esquela de defunción
84. pallbearer: individual whose duty is to carry the casket when necessary during funeral
service. Pallbearers in some sections of the country are hired and in other sections are close
friends and relatives of the deceased. Also casket bearer.
porteador
85. plot: a specific area of ground in a cemetery owned by a family or individual. A plot
usually contains two or more graves.
concesión
86. prearranged funeral: funeral arrangements completed by an individual prior to
his/her death.
funeral planificado con
anterioridad
prearranged funeral contract: a method by which an individual can
pre-pay his funeral expenses. Also prearranged funeral trust/pre-need contract.
póliza de deceso/venta por
adelantado
prearranged funeral trust: a method by which an individual can pre-
pay their funeral expenses.Also prearranged funeral contract/pre-need contract.
póliza de deceso/venta por
adelantado
87. prefunding: same as prearranged funeral defined above, except that the funding for the
funeral is paid in advance either through a trust or life insurance.
sistema prepago
88. pre-need: planning a funeral in advance of the death, usually consisting of a list of
your preferences for funeral arrangements.
organización por adelantado
pre-need contract: a method by which an individual can pre-pay his
funeral expenses. Also prearranged funeral trust/contract.
póliza de deceso/venta por
adelantado
89. preparation room: a room in a funeral home designed and equipped for preparing the
deceased for final disposition. See reposing room/slumber room.
sala funeraria
preparation table: an operating table located in the preparation room
upon which the body is placed for embalming and dressing.
mesa de embalsamiento
90. price list: an itemized list of funeral goods and services.
lista de precios/catálogo
91. procession: the vehicular movement of the funeral from the place where the funeral
service was conducted to the cemetery. May also apply to a church funeral where the
mourners follow the casket as it is brought into and taken out of the church.
cortejo
92. purge: a discharge from the deceased through the mouth, nose and ears of matter from
the stomach and intestine caused by improper or ineffectual embalming, due to
putrefaction.
purga

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93. putrefaction: the decomposition of the body upon death which causes discoloration
and the formation of a foul smelling product.
putrefacción
94. register: a book made available by the funeral director for recording the names of
people visiting the funeral home to pay their respects to the deceased. Also has space for
entering other data such as name, dates of birth and death of the deceased, name of the
officiating clergyman, place of interment, time and date of service, list of floral tributes,
etc.
libro de condolencias
95. remains: the deceased.
restos
96. reposing room: a room of the funeral home where a body lies in state from the time it
is casketed until the time of the funeral service.
sala funeraria
97. restorative art: derma surgery - The process of restoring mutilated and distorted
features by employing wax, creams, plaster, etc.
restauración
98. rigor mortis: rigidity of the muscles which occurs at death.
rigidez de la muerte
99. service car: usually a utility vehicle to which tasteful ornamentation may be added in
the form of a metal firm name plate, post lamps, etc. It is utilized to transport chairs,
church trucks, flower stands, shipping cases, etc. Also hearse/casket coach/funeral coach.
coche fúnebre
100. slumber room: a room equipped with, besides the usual furniture, a bed upon which
the deceased is placed prior to casketing on the day of the funeral. The body, appropriately
dressed, lies in state on the bed.
sala funeraria
101. spiritual banquet: a Roman Catholic practice involving specific prayers, such as
Masses and Rosaries offered by an individual or a group for a definite purpose. Also
Roman Catholic services.
procedimiento católico-romano
102. survivor: the person outliving the deceased, particularly the immediate family.
supérstite

103. trade embalmer: a licensed embalmer who is not employed by one specific funeral
home, but does the embalming for several firms either on a salary or per case basis.
tanatopracta
104. traditional service: a religious service with the body present usually preceded by
visitation.
servicio funeral tradicional
105. transit permit: a legal paper issued by the local government authorizing removal of a
body to a cemetery for interment. Some cities also require an additional permit if the
deceased is to be cremated.
autorización de transporte
106. urn: a container into which cremated remains are placed, or in which they are kept;
may be made of various materials, including wood, marble or metal.
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107. vault: a burial chamber underground or partly so. Also includes in meaning the
outside metal or concrete casket container.
tumba
108. vigil: a Roman Catholic religious service held on the eve of the funeral service. Also
wake.
velorio/velatorio
109. visitation: a scheduled time, during which a body is present in an open or closed
casket, when family and friends pay their respects, usually in private in a special room
within the funeral home. Also referred to as a viewing/ calling hours/family hour/wake.
velorio/velatorio
110. wake: a watch kept over the deceased, sometimes lasting the entire night preceding
the funeral.
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CONTRALISTADO

(rel)palio/toldo/persiana/baldaquín 14. canopy

agencia funeraria/ complejo 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
funerario/tanatorio/funeraria/casa de
sepelios/empresa fúnebre/cochería/casa
o empresa mortuoria
ajustador/empresario de pompas 57. funeral arranger/funeral
fúnebres counselor/funeral undertaker/funeral
director/mortician
ajustador/empresario de pompas 79. mortician
fúnebres
algor mortis 1. algor mortis
ambulancia 2. ambulance
amigo/a de la corte de honor de un 61. honorary pallbearers
entierro
aprendiz 3. apprentice
artículo funerario 57. funeral article/product
artículos y servicios pagados por 15. cash advance items
adelantado
asas y accesorios del ataúd/féretro 16. casket hardware
aspirar/extraer por succión 5. aspirate
ataúd sellado 24. international norm coffin
ataúd/féretro/cajón 16. casket
ataúd/féretro/cajón 24. coffin
autorización de transporte 105. transit permit
aviso fúnebre 36. death announcement
aviso fúnebre/esquela de 36. death notice/obituary
defunción/esquelas
(mortuorias)/necrológicas
baldaquín/toldo/(rel)palio/persiana 14. canopy
bóveda de entierro 12. burial vault
cadáver 13. cadaver
cajón/ataúd/féretro 16. casket
cajón/ataúd/féretro 24. coffin
camilla 35. cot
capilla (mortuoria) 22. chapel (of rest)
casa de sepelios/empresa 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
fúnebre/cochería/casa o empresa

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mortuoria/agencia funeraria/ complejo

funerario/tanatorio/funeraria
casa o empresa mortuoria/agencia 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
funeraria/ complejo
funerario/tanatorio/funeraria/casa de
sepelios/empresa fúnebre/cochería
catafalco 18. catafalque
catafalco fúnebre plegable 23. church truck
catálogo/ lista de precios 90. price list
cementerio 19. cemetery
cenizas/restos cremados 31. cremains
cenotafio/monumento funerario 20. cenotaph
certificado de defunción 36. death certificate
certificado de defunción certificado 21. certified death certificate
ciencia mortuoria 80. mortuary science
coche de duelo 69. lead car
coche fúnebre 16. casket coach
coche fúnebre 57. funeral coach/ casket coach/
hearse/service car
coche fúnebre 60. hearse/funeral coach/casket
coach/service car
coche fúnebre 99. service car/ hearse/casket
coach/funeral coach
coche fúnebre familiar 51. family car
coche porta coronas 53. flower car
cochería/casa o empresa 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
mortuoria/agencia funeraria/ complejo
funerario/tanatorio/funeraria/casa de
sepelios/empresa fúnebre
columbarium 25. columbarium
comitiva/cortejo fúnebre 29. cortege
complejo 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
funerario/tanatorio/funeraria/casa de
sepelios/empresa fúnebre/cochería/casa
o empresa mortuoria/agencia funeraria
concesión 85. plot
conmemoración/servicio 76. memorial service
conmemorativo
contenedor exterior/revestimiento de 58. grave liner
sepultura o tumba
contenedor/recipiente/envase 27. container
corona o flores fijadas en la puerta de 57. funeral spray
la casa del fallecido
corona o flores fijadas en la puerta del 44. door badge
fallecido
cortejo 57. funeral procession
cortejo 91. procession
cortejo fúnebre/comitiva 29. cortege

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cremación directa 39. direct cremation

cremación/incineración de cadáveres 32. cremation
crematorio 33. crematory
cripta 34. crypt
cuidados paliativos 62. hospice care
decoración del fondo 6. background drapes
defunción/muerte/fallecimiento 36. death
depósito judicial de cadáveres/morgue 78. morgue
desenterrar/exhumar 40. disinter
despacho de atención 4. arrangement room
difunto/fallecido 37. deceased
disposición en urna/rellena la urna de 68. inurnment
cenizas
disposición final/inhumación 43. disposition
dispositivo de soporte para flores y 54. flower racks and stands
coronas
dispositivo para sepelio 72. lowering device
dispositivo/estante de soporte para 16. casket rack
ataúd
embalsamador 47. embalmer
embalsamar 46. embalm
embalsamiento 48. embalming
empresa fúnebre/cochería/casa o 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
empresa mortuoria/agencia funeraria/
complejo
funerario/tanatorio/funeraria/casa de
sepelios
empresario de pompas 57. funeral arranger/funeral
fúnebres/ajustador counselor/funeral undertaker/funeral
director/mortician
empresario de pompas 79. mortician
fúnebres/ajustador
encuesta/investigación 63. inquest
enferetramiento 17. casketing
entierro 8. burial service
entierro 26. committal service
entierro 45. earth burial
entierro 67. interment
entierro/inhumación 8. burial
entierro/inhumación directa 38. direct burial
entrevista inicial 56. first call
envase/contenedor/recipiente 27. container
esquela de defunción 83. obituary
esquela de defunción/aviso fúnebre/ 36. death notice/obituary
esquelas (mortuorias)/necrológicas
esquelas (mortuorias)/esquela de 36. death notice/obituary
defunción/aviso fúnebre/necrológicas
estante/dispositivo de soporte para 16. casket rack

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ataúd
exhumación 41. disinterment
exhumar 50. exhume
exhumar/desenterrar 40. disinter
exposición de féretros 42. display room
extraer por succión/aspirar 5. aspirate
fallecido/difunto 37. deceased
fallecimiento/muerte/defunción 36. death
familia en duelo 7. bereaved (N)
féretro/ataúd/cajón 16. casket
féretro/ataúd/cajón 24. coffin
fluido de embalsamiento 48. embalming fluid
funeral planificado con anterioridad 86. prearranged funeral
funeraria/casa de sepelios/empresa 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
fúnebre/cochería/casa o empresa
mortuoria/agencia funeraria/ complejo
funerario/tanatorio
gerente 57. funeral home manager
hospicio 62. hospice
incineración de cadáveres/cremación 32. cremation
inhumación/disposición final 43. disposition
inhumación/entierro 8. burial
inhumación/entierro directo 38. direct burial
inhumar 66. inter (to)
instrumentos 65. instruments
investigación/encuesta 63. inquest
lápida 74. marker
lápida sepulcral 58. grave marker
libro de condolencias 94. register
licencia 70. license
licencia de inhumación 9. burial certificate/permit
limusina 71. limousine
lista de precios/catálogo 90. price list
mausoleo 73. mausoleum
médico forense 28. coroner
médico forense 75. medical examiner/coroner
mesa de embalsamiento 48. embalming table
mesa de embalsamiento 89. preparation table
monumento funerario/cenotafio 20. cenotaph
morgue/depósito judicial de cadáveres 78. morgue
mortaja/prendas funerarias 10. burial garments
muerte/defunción/fallecimiento 36. death
necrológicas/esquelas 36. death notice/obituary
(mortuorias)/esquela de defunción/aviso
fúnebre
nicho 82. niche
oración fúnebre 57. funeral oration/eulogy
organismo de pompas fúnebre 36. death care provider

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organismo de pompas fúnebres 57. funeral service provider

organización material y económica del 57. funeral arrangements
sepelio
organización por adelantado 88. pre-need
parque conmemorativo 19. lawn cemetery
perder a un ser querido 7. bereaved (V)
permiso de cremación 32. cremation permit
persiana/toldo/(rel)palio/baldaquín 14. canopy
persona de luto 81. mourner
póliza de deceso/venta por adelantado 86. prearranged funeral contract/trust
póliza de deceso/venta por adelantado 88. pre-need contract
porteador 16. casket bearer
porteador 84. pallbearer
prendas funerarias/mortaja 10. burial garments
procedimiento católico-romano 101. spiritual banquet
purga 92. purge
putrefacción 93. putrefaction
recipiente/contenedor/envase 27. container
rellenar la urna de cenizas/disposición e 68. inurnment
urna
responso final 59. graveside services
restauración 97. restorative art
restos 95. remains
restos cremados/cenizas 31. cremains
revestimiento de sepultura o tumba/ 58. grave
contenedor exterior
rigidez de la muerte 98. rigor mortis
rito fúnebre 57. funeral ritual
sala de exposición de féretros 24. coffin display room
sala familiar 52. family room
sala funeraria 89. preparation room
sala funeraria 96. reposing room
sala funeraria 100. slumber room
sala para el clérigo 77. minister’s room
sala velatoria 57. funeral parlor
seguro de entierro 11. burial insurance
sepelio 57. funeral
sepelio/sepultura 58. grave
sepultar 49. entombment
sepultura 8. burial place
sepultura/sepelio 58. grave
sepulturero 58. grave digger
servicio 76. memorial service
conmemorativo/conmemoración
servicio en la tumba/en la sepultura/en 59. graveside services
el cementerio
servicio funeral tradicional 104. traditional service
servicio religioso funeral 57. funeral service

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servicios fúnebres 57. funeral service

sin sellar (ataúd) 24. non sealed coffin
sistema prepago 87. prefunding
supérstite 102. survivor
tanatopracta 103. trade embalmer
tanatorio 80. mortuary
tanatorio/funeraria/casa de 57. funeral home/complex/mortuary
sepelios/empresa fúnebre/cochería/casa
o empresa mortuoria/agencia
funeraria/complejo funerario
tapa (de ataúd) 24. coffin lid
toldo/(rel)palio/persiana/baldaquín 14. canopy
tratamiento cosmético 30. cosmetology
tumba 107. vault
últimos sacramentos 55. final rites
urna 106. urn
velatorio 64. in state
velo 16. casket veil
velorio/velatorio 108. vigil/wake
velorio/velatorio 109. visitation/ viewing/calling
hours/family hour/wake
velorio/velatorio 110. wake
venta por adelantado/póliza de deceso 86. prearranged funeral contract/trust
venta por adelantado/póliza de deceso 88. pre-need contract

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BIBLIOGRAFÍA

* Términos en español (inglés) y definición en español. “Glosario De Términos Y

Sinónimos”:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/spro19.shtm#glosario

* Glosario en español/inglés/alemán/italiano sin definiciones:

http://www.effs.at/flora/user/webfiles/51/GlossaryEFFS.pdf

* Términos y definiciones en inglés. “Death and Funeral Glossary Assembled for the
FAST Area Studies Website Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere,
Finland”: http://www.uta.fi/FAST/GC/fungloss.html

* Términos y definiciones en español (con etimología). “GLOSARIO DE TÉRMINOS

SOBRE LA MUERTE”: http://tanatologia.org/glosario-texto.html

* Términos y definiciones en inglés. “Glossary”:

http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/glossary.htm

* Términos y definiciónes en español. “Glosario de términos fúnebres”:

http://www.museodebogota.gov.co/descargas/publicaciones/pdf/Glosario_funerario.pdf

* Funeral Home, inc.(Pennsylvania): http://www.osbornefuneralhome.com/?

page=cashadvanceitems

* “Cómo cumplir con la regla de funerales”:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/spanish/buspubs/s-funeral.shtm

*Hospice of the Comforter: http://www.hospiceofthecomforter.org/espanol.html

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ANEXO

MANERAS DE DECIR “LA MUERTE”:

(MÉXICO)
 La afanadora
 la amada inmóvil
 la apestosa
 la bien amada
 la blanca
 la cabezona
 la calaca
 la calavera
 la calva
 la canaca
 la canica
 la cargona
 la catrina
 la chicharrona
 la chifosca
 la china
 la China Hilaria
 la chingada
 la chinita
 la chirifosca
 la chiripa
 la chupona
 la cierta
 la comadres
 la copetona
 la cruel
 la cuatacha
 la curamada
 la dama de la Guadaña
 la dama del velo
 la descarnada
 la desdentada
 la dientona
 la Doña Huesos
 la Doña Osamenta
 la enlutada
 la espirituosa
 la estirona
 la flaca
 la fregada
 la grulla
 la güera
 la hilacha

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 la hora de la hora
 la hora de la verdad
 la hora suprema
 la huesos
 la huesuda
 la igualadora
 la impía
 la indeseada
 la jedionda
 la jijurria
 la jodida
 la libertadora
 la llorona
 la madre matiana
 la malquerida
 María Guadaña
 la matadora
 la mera hora
 la mocha
 la novia fiel
 la pachona
 la pálida
 patas de catre
 patas de hilo
 patas de hule
 patas de ixtle
 patas de popote
 la parca
 la patrona
 la paveada
 la pelada
 la pelona
 la pelleja
 la pepenadora
 la poveada
 la rasera
 la raya
 la segadora
 la sin dientes
 la siriquisiaca
 la tembeleque
 la tía de las muchachas
 la tia quiteria
 la tilica
 la tilinga
 la tiznada
 la tostada
 la triste
 la trompada

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 el costal de huesos

MANERAS DE DECIR “MORIRSE”:

 Chupar Faros (de los cigarrillos mexicanos sin filtros bien fuertes que ya casi ni
hay)
 Colgar los tenis.

 Doblar el petate (pues antes se enterraba a la gente envuelta en petates)

 Enfriarse.

 Entregar el equipo.

 Entregar la piel.

 Estirar la pata.

 Felparse.

 Palmarse

 Pasar a mejor vida (que tiene la buena influencia católica)

 Pelar gallo

 Pelarse.

 Petatearse (que va otra vez al petate, pues muchos morían en petates)

 Pirarse.

 Quedarse tieso.

 Se lo chupó la bruja.

 Torcerse.

(MÉXICO)

“MORIRSE” = ”VIAJAR”
 liar el petate.
 irse al otro barrio.
 irse al otro mundo.
 irse al cielo.
 abandonar este mundo.
 irse a la gloria.
 hacer el último viaje.

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 irse al seno de Abraham.

“MORIR” = “DESCANSAR/DORMIR”
 descansar en el Señor.
 dormir el sueño de los justos.
 dormir el sueño eterno.
 dormirse en el Señor.
 descansar en paz

POLITICALLY CORRECT PHRASES FOR “DEAD” (FUNNY)

 actuarially Mature
 biologically challenged
 environmentally correct human
 living impaired
 metabolically challenged
 persons living with entropy

EUPHEMISMS FOR DYING/DEATH

A-C
 A long sleep
 A race well run

 Angels carried him/her away

 Annihilated

 Asleep in Christ

 Ate it

 Be all over with one

 Be no more

 Be taken

 Bills of mortality

 Bit the dust

 Blew him/herself away

 Bought the farm

 Break one's neck

 Breathe one's last

 Breathed the last

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 Buy the farm

 Called home

 Came to an end

 Cashed in

 Catch one's death

 Cease to breathe

 Cease to live

 Cessation of life

 Changed form

 Chant du cygne (French for swansong)

 Checked out

 Close one's eyes

 Come to an untimely end

 Come to dust

 Consigned to earth

 Croaked

 Cross the bar

 Cross the Stygian ferry

 Crossed over Jordan

 Curtains

D-E

 Dead drop
 Death doom

 Death knocks at the door

 Death song

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 Death stares one in the face

 Debt of nature

 Definitely Done Dancing

 Depart this life

 Departed

 Departure

 Die

 Die a natural death

 Die a violent death

 Down dead

 Drop dead

 Drop into the grave

 Drop off

 Dropped the body

 Dust to dust

 Dying agonies

 Dying breath

 Dying day

 Ebb of life

 End of life

 End one's days

 End one's earthly career

 End one's life

 Ended it all

 Eternal rest

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 Expire, Expired

 Extinction of life

F-H

 Fall
 Fall dead

 Fall down

 Feeling no pain

 Fell asleep in the arms of Jesus

 Final chapter

 Final curtain call

 For whom the bell tolls

 Found everlasting peace

 Gave it up

 Gave up the ghost

 Getting Bagged

 Give up the ghost

 Go off

 Go off the hooks

 Go out like the snuff of a candle

 Go the way of all flesh

 Go to Davy Jones's locker

 Go to one's last home

 Go to one's long account

 Go to the wall

 God took him/her

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 Goes to his/her heavenly father

 Gone to heaven

 Gone to his/her reward

 Hand in one's checks

 Hand in one's chips

 Hand of death

 Hell's grim Tyrant

 His/her time was up

 Hop the twig

I-L

 Iced
 "I'm comin', Elizabeth"

 In adamantine chains shall death be bound

 In the arms of the Father

 In the great beyond

 It was curtains

 Jaws of death

 Join the greater number

 Join the majority

 Kick the bucket

 Kicked the bucket

 King Death

 King of terrors

 Knocking on heaven's door

 Knocking on the pearly gates

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 Laid to rest

 Last agonies

 Last breath

 Last gasp

 Lay down one's life

 Left this world

 Left us

 Life ebbs

 Life fails

 Life hangs by a thread

 Liquidated

 Lose one's life

 Loss

 Loss of life

 Lost

M-O

 Made the change

 Make one's will

 Meet one's death

 Meet one's end

 Met his/her Maker

 No longer with us

 Offed himself/herself

 On the heavenly shores

 On the other side

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 On ice

 One's days are numbered

 One's doom is sealed

 One's hour is come

 One's race is run

 Out of his/her misery

P-S

 Pass away
 Pass in one's checks

 Pass in one's chips [U.S.]

 Passed away

 Passed on

 Passing

 Pay the debt to nature

 Perish

 Perished

 Pop off

 Post mortem

 Pushing up daisies

 Quietus

 Reached the finish line

 Receive one's death warrant

 Release

 Relinquish one's life

 Resign one's being

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 Resign one's breath

 Resign one's life

 Rest

 Resting in peace

 Returned to dust

 Returned to the source

 Rigor mortis

 Rubbed out

 Shadow of the Valley of Death

 Shuffle off this mortal coil

 Sink into the grave

 Six feet under

 Snuffed

 Spake the grisly Terror

 Step out

 Stygian shore

 Succumbed

 Surrender one's life

 Swan song

T-Z

 Take one's last sleep

 Taking the dirt nap

 Terminated

 That was all she wrote

 The breath is out of the body

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 The grave closes over one

 The lone couch of this everlasting sleep

 Transcended

 Translated into glory

 Turn to dust

 Turn up one's toes

 Untimely end

 Valley of death

 Was a goner

 Was done in

 Wasted

 Watery grave

 Went to a new life

 Went to his/her eternal reward

 With the angels

 Withered away

 Yield one's breath

 Yield up the ghost

TECHNICAL WRITER’S EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH

 Lost in translation.
 Widowed and orphaned.
 Formatted with black borders.
 Moved into upper management.
 Went on-line.
 Deleted from the BOM.
 Printed white-on-white.
 Remaindered.
 Mailed in his/her warranty card.
 Collapsed his/her outline.
 Was struck out by the Big Blue Pencil.
 Inspired a new Warning message.

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 Permanently Out of Print.

COOKING EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH

 Pushin' Up Parsley
 Put in the Crisper
 Fettucine Al Dead-o
 Has Reservations at the Chateau Eternity
 Sleeping with the Quiches
 Filleting the Soul
 Face-Planting the Meringue
 Basting the Formaldehyde Turkey
 Donating the Liver Pate
 Peasant Under Grass
 Marinating in Soil and Worms
 Promoted to Subterranean Truffle Inspector
 Just Add Maggots
 Sampling the French Onion Soup with a Salmonella Spoon
 Cooking for the Kennedys
 Slowly Cooling to Room Temperature

INTERNET EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH

 Clicked the bucket
 Invested in Pointcast
 Visiting the Chat Tomb
 No longer able to view the web's hottest women
 www.he's-dead,-jim.com
 </life>
 Opened "GOOD TIMES!"
 Transferred to WWW.HasBecome.Com/post
 404ever, Pulse Not Found
 Installed the Kevorkian Plug-n-Play
 www.MyFirstCoronary.com
 Assigned to the Hale Bopp Project
 It Doesn't Matter Whether You've Got Mail

WRITER’S EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH

 Made the big deadline.
 Taking minutes for the Maker.
 Went to that big spelling checker in the sky.
 "Lateral mobility."
 The final Edit.
 The eternal offsite assignment.
 Documented the Big D.
 Very, very passive voice.
 Reformatted.
 An improvement over technical writing.

STAR TREK EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH

 Taking Acting Lessons from Shatner

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 Sleeps with the Tribbles

 Zeroing out the Tricorder
 Pulling a Spock Without a Planet Genesis to Back It Up
 Boldly Going, Going, Gone
 Beam Me Up, God-y!
 On Permanent Holodeck Duty
 Transferred to the U.S.S. Oblivion
 Achieving Warp Zero
 Doing the Vulcan Ground Meld
 Inducing a phase variance in the isolinear array to contain the tachyon particle
overload, if you know what I mean.
 Visiting Shatner's Hair

MORE EUPHEMISMS

 Winning one for the Reaper

 Married to OJ
 He scores! He shoots! He OD's!
 Traded to the Angels
 Got some SkyBox tickets
 Showing St. Peter her sports bra
 Did... go... all... the... way!
 On the unable to breathe list
 Riding the perma-pine
 Tailgating with Jesus
 Taking a congratulatory phone call from President Taft
 Jockeying for position in the dirt derby
 Went to see the fat lady in concert
 Created an opening on shuffleboard court three
 *Really* stuck her dismount

SOURCES:

*http://www.zermeno.com/La%20muerte%20y%20sus%20eufemismos.htm

*http://medtrad.org/panacea/IndiceGeneral/n15_tribuna-ChamizoDominguez.pdf

*http://www.pcphrases.com/

*http://phrontistery.50megs.com/longpig/dead.html

*http://dying.about.com/od/deathlanguage/ss/deathslang.htm

*http://www.topfive.com/arcs/t5101599.shtml)

*http://www.topfive.com/arcs/t5061699.shtml

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http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jkn0360l.jpg

http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/glossary.htm

TELEVISIÓN

Death in Family Guy

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In the television show Supernatural, Death is not one character, but rather there are a large
number of characters that carry out their tasks in small areas (such as a single cities). Dean
has had two experiences with reapers. One where he was saved by a reaper, and one where
he was almost taken to the other side, when the reaper was possessed by the demon and
Dean was subsequently bought back to life.

The UK Public Information Film The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water features a Grim
Reaper-like character.

In season 5 of Highlander, it is revealed that Methos was formerly known as Death during
the Bronze Age and rode with a group of Immortals called the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse.

Death also appears in an episode of Jim Henson's The Storyteller, a retelling by Anthony
Minghella of an old Russian folk tale. In this story, Death is outwitted by the Soldier and
trapped in a magic sack, which is then hung from the highest tree in the farthest forest. But
after several years, people realise that having Death trapped is not as good a thing as they
first thought. People only get older and more tired of living...and are weary of waiting for
death's final release. Finally, the Soldier sets Death free, but fearing the Soldier, Death
decides never to come for him. The Soldier is damned to roam the earth forever.

The Grim Reaper (Grim)

As the Grim Reaper, Death stars in an animated series on the Cartoon Network cable
channel called The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (formerly Grim and Evil). In this
cartoon, the grim reaper (known mostly as Grim) has a Jamaican accent and is a comedic
character. The Grim Reaper has also made several appearances on The Simpsons,
Animaniacs, South Park, Family Guy, and even an early Mickey Mouse cartoon. In both
Family Guy and the Simpsons the father of the family, Peter and Homer respectively,
temporarly fill in for Death.

In the CBS television show Touched by an Angel, Death was sympathetically portrayed as
a recurring character, played by John Dye. Andrew, one of many Angels of Death in the
series, detests the notion of being looked upon as the Grim Reaper rather than an angel just
sent from Heaven to do his duty.

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Showtime's Dead Like Me portrays soul collection as a widespread organization with many
different divisions and, most likely, thousands of "employees", each of whom take souls
from the living upon death. The series focuses on the workers of the Seattle area who deal
with "External Influences" (i.e. accidents, murders and suicides) but also seen are members
of the Plague division, someone who collects souls from hospitals and even someone who
collects the souls of pets.

Death appears in three Twilight Zone episodes: "One for the Angels", in which it is
outwitted by a kindly sidewalk salesman, "Nothing in the Dark", in which a woman
barricades herself in her home to hide from Death (portrayed by a young Robert Redford),
and "One Night at Mercy".

In the anime series Gundam Wing, the Deathscythe and its upgrade, the Deathscythe Hell,
take on an appearance similar to the look of the Grim Reaper. Black Armor and an
armored 'cloak' and a large beam scythe add to the look.

"Who am I giving the finger to today?" Homer Simpson as Death in "Treehouse of Horror
XIV"

In Charmed, The Angel of Death is considered a neutral being and was featured many
times, as in Seasons 3, 4 (mentioned), 6, 7 (where Piper, a main character, temporarily
became one of the many angels of death), and 8.

In Medium, The Angel of Death is portrayed as a regular man played by Kelsey Grammer.

In the CBS series Ghost Whisperer, Death is personified as a sinister-looking man wearing
a wide-brimmed hat and dressed entirely in black (nicknamed by some fans as "The Hat
Man"), setting out to intercept the ghosts of the recently deceased and lure them into Hell
before the clairvoyant Melinda Gordon can help them cross over into the afterlife.

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When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of
their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less
predictable than--the one inside. From Oscar(R)-winning screenwriter Alan Ball comes
this breakout series that takes a darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A.
family that runs a funeral business. With Peter Krause, Frances Conroy, Michael C. Hall,
Lauren Ambrose and Rachel Griffiths. Winner of two 2001 Golden Globe awards for Best
Television Series-Drama, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a
Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Rachel Griffiths).

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http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/

ESCENAS DE LA MUERTE EN “FAMILY GUY”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vTK4_EFAv8&mode=related&search=

CAPÍTULO DE “FAMILY GUY” CON LA MUERTE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=DXg65Lc2JUw

ARTÍCULO:

http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_2430_20_cosas_que_sabias_muerte.htm

20 cosas que no sabías de… la muerte

Última hora: todos vamos a morir, pero aquí tenéis 20 cosas que no sabíais sobre "estirar la
pata".

Por Lee Aundra Temescu

DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 09 | Septiembre 2006

1 La práctica de enterrar a los muertos podría datar de hace 350 000 años, tal y como
quedó evidenciado en la fosa de Atapuerca (España) donde a 14 metros de profundidad se
encontraron los fósiles de 27 homínidos de la especie Homo heidelbergensis, un posible
antecesor del Neandertal y del humano moderno.

2 Nunca digas morir, existen al menos 200 eufemismos para la muerte, incluyendo “pasar a
mejor vida”, “criar malvas” y la mejor para un fanático de Star Trek: “dormir con los
Tribbles”.

3 Desde 1951 ningún estadounidense ha muerto de viejo.

4 Ese fue el año en que el gobierno eliminó esa clasificación de los certificados de
defunción.

5 La causa de muerte, en todos los casos, es la falta de oxígeno. Su reducción puede

provocar súbitos espasmos musculares, o “fase agónica”, derivada de la palabra griega
“agon”, o lucha.

6 A los tres días de la muerte, las enzimas que una vez digerían tu cena comenzarán a
devorarte. Las células fracturadas se convertirán en comida para las bacterias vivas del
intestino, las cuales liberarán suficiente gas tóxico como para inflar al cadáver y forzar a
los ojos a que se salgan de las órbitas.

7 Hay tanto que reciclar: los enterramientos en Estados Unidos suponen el soterramiento
de más de 3 millones de litros de fluidos para embalsamamiento – formaldehído, metanol y
etanol – en el suelo cada año. Las cremaciones expulsan al aire dioxinas, ácido
hidroclórico, dióxido de azufre y dióxido de carbono.

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8 Alternativamente, una empresa sueca llamada Promessa, puede desecar tu cuerpo en

nitrógeno líquido, pulverizarlo con vibraciones de alta frecuencia, y sellar al polvo
resultante en un ataúd biodegradable elaborado con harina de maíz. Afirman que este
“enterramiento ecológico” se descompone en 6 o 12 meses.

9 Los zoroastrianos en la India abandonan en el exterior los cuerpos de los muertos para
que sean devorados por los buitres.

10 En la actualidad los buitres están muriendo por comer cadáveres de ganado tratado con
diclofenaco y anti-inflamatorios para mitigar la fiebre en las reses.

11 La reina Victoria insistió en ser enterrada con el albornoz de su marido (el príncipe
Alberto) muerto largos años atrás, y con un molde de yeso de su mano.

12 ¡Si esto no funciona, lo intentaremos in Vitro! En Madagascar, las familias exhuman los
huesos de los parientes muertos y los pasean alrededor de los poblados en una ceremonia
llamada famadihana. Después, envuelven los restos en un sudario nuevo y los entierran de
nuevo. Los sudarios viejos son entregados a los recién casados y a las parejas sin hijos para
que cubran con ellos el lecho matrimonial.

13 Durante la expansión de las líneas ferroviarias en Egipto, en el siglo XIX, las empresas
encargadas de la construcción desenterraron tantas momias, que las usaban como
combustible para las locomotoras.

14 Bueno, si… existe una ligera probabilidad de que el tiro le saliera por la culata. El
filósofo inglés Francis Bacon, fundador del método científico, murió de neumonía en 1626
después de rellenar con nieve un pollo para ver si el frío era capaz de preservarlo.

15 Para que los órganos se formen durante el desarrollo embrionario, algunas células deben
cometer suicidio. Sin una muerte celular programada como esta, todos naceríamos con pies
palmeados como si fuésemos patos.

16 Esperando para exhalar. En 1907 un doctor de Massachusetts llevó a cabo un

experimento con una “cama para morir” especialmente diseñada, y reportó que el cuerpo
humano perdía 21 gramos en el momento del fallecimiento. Desde entonces ha sido
ampliamente asumido como un hecho, cuando en realidad es falso.

17 Enterrado vivo: en la Europa del siglo XIX existían tantas evidencias anecdóticas de
personas vivas que eran declaradas muertas erróneamente, que los cadáveres eran llevados
a “hospitales para muertos” donde se les vigilaba a la espera de señales de putrefacción.

18 El 80 por ciento de los ciudadanos de los EE.UU. mueren en un hospital.

19 Si puedes hacerlo aquí… En la ciudad de Nueva York se cometen más suicidios que
asesinatos.

20 Se estima que 100 000 millones de personas han muerto desde que surgieron los
humanos.

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