muertes

Muertes is the Spanish word for deaths, the plural of muerte.

English speakers encounter it most often in Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican holiday honoring deceased loved ones, though the phrase literally translates as "Day of the Dead Ones" rather than "Day of Deaths." The word appears in English contexts discussing Latin American culture, news about fatalities in Spanish-speaking regions, or in borrowed phrases like las muertes violentas (violent deaths).