fallido
Spanish
Etymology
From the past participle of Old Spanish fallir, itself from Latin fallere. Still equivalent to the past participle of modern fallir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈʝido/ [faˈʝi.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /faˈʎido/ [faˈʎi.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /faˈʃido/ [faˈʃi.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /faˈʒido/ [faˈʒi.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: fa‧lli‧do
Adjective
fallido (feminine fallida, masculine plural fallidos, feminine plural fallidas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Participle
fallido (feminine fallida, masculine plural fallidos, feminine plural fallidas)
- past participle of fallir
Further reading
- “fallido”, 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