fallecer
Portuguese
Verb
fallecer (first-person singular present falleço, first-person singular preterite falleci, past participle fallecido)
- obsolete spelling of falecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of fallecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish fallesçer, derived from fallir (“to err, to fail”), from Vulgar Latin *fallīre (“to fail”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”). Compare Portuguese falecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʝeˈseɾ/ [fa.ʝeˈseɾ] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /faʎeˈseɾ/ [fa.ʎeˈseɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: fa‧lle‧cer
Verb
fallecer (first-person singular present fallezco, first-person singular preterite fallecí, past participle fallecido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of fallecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “fallir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 845
Further reading
- “fallecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024