falecer

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese falescer (to fail, err; diminish), derived from falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere. Compare Portuguese falecer, Spanish fallecer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [faleˈθeɾ], (western) [faleˈseɾ]

Verb

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falecer (first-person singular present falezo, first-person singular preterite falecín, past participle falecido)
falecer (first-person singular present faleço, first-person singular preterite falecim or faleci, past participle falecido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to die
    Synonyms: finar, morrer
  2. (archaic) to be lacking
    • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:
      Estas duas follas que de aqui faleçen tirey eu Rui Matines, notario, deste libro por quanto os escrivãaos de miña notaria lançaron ende algũas escripturas que non devian ser aqui asentadas
      These two leaves that are lacking here were removed from this book by me Roi Martínez, notary, because the scribes of my office put there some scriptures which shouldn't be recorded here
    Synonyms: fallar, marrar

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falescer, derived from falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere.[1][2] Cognate with Galician falecer, Spanish fallecer.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fa‧le‧cer

Verb

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falecer (first-person singular present faleço, first-person singular preterite faleci, past participle falecido)

  1. to die
    Synonym: morrer

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References

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  1. ^ falecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ falecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024