fallecer
Spanish, verb/faʝeˈθeɾ/
fallecer is spelled F-A-L-L-E-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fallecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to pass away, die” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llegar a su final la vida de uno”.
What does fallecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pass away, die
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llegar a su final la vida de uno. 2. No tener o acabarse un elemento, cualidad o circunstancia que debería existir o poseerse. 3. Cometer una falta o error. 4. No continuar con un plan, intento o empresa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fallecer
- fallezco first-person present singular
- fallecí first-person preterite singular
- fallecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- falleciendo gerund
- fallecida feminine participle past
- fallecidos masculine participle past
- fallecidas feminine participle past
- falleces indicative informal present
- fallecés indicative informal present
- fallece indicative present singular
- fallecemos first-person indicative plural
- fallecéis indicative plural present
- fallecen indicative plural present
- fallecía first-person imperfect indicative
- fallecías imperfect indicative second-person
- fallecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fallecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fallecer?
- /faʝeˈθeɾ/
- [fa.ʝeˈθeɾ]
- [faʝeˈseɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fallecer in Spanish?
fallecer appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).