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Portuguese
Verb
fallecer (first-person singular present falleço, first-person singular preterite falleci, past participle fallecido)
- 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): (most of Spain) /faʝeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /faʎeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /faʝeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /faʝeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /faʎeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faʃeˈseɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faʒeˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: fa‧lle‧cer
Verb
fallecer (first-person singular present fallezco, first-person singular preterite fallecí, past participle fallecido)
- to pass away, die
- Synonym: morir
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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