fallecer

Portuguese

Verb

fallecer (first-person singular present falleço, first-person singular preterite falleci, past participle fallecido)

  1. obsolete spelling of falecer

Conjugation

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): /faʝeˈθeɾ/ [fa.ʝeˈθeɾ] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /faʎeˈθeɾ/ [fa.ʎeˈθeɾ] (rural northern Spain)
 
 
  • IPA(key): /faʃeˈseɾ/ [fa.ʃeˈseɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /faʒeˈseɾ/ [fa.ʒeˈseɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: fa‧lle‧cer

Verb

fallecer (first-person singular present fallezco, first-person singular preterite fallecí, past participle fallecido)

  1. to pass away, die
    Synonym: morir

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