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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + fallecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /desfaʝeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /desfaʝeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /desfaʎeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desfaʝeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /desfaʝeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /desfaʎeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desfaʃeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desfaʒeˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧fa‧lle‧cer
Verb
desfallecer (first-person singular present desfallezco, first-person singular preterite desfallecí, past participle desfallecido)
- (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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- (intransitive) to become weak, wear out
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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