# falecer
## Galician
### Etymology

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

* IPA: [faleˈθeɾ], (western) [faleˈseɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to die
    Synonyms: finar, morrer
* (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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* desfalecer
* falecemento

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “falecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fales”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “falecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “falecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* fallecer (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.leˈse(ʁ)/ [fa.leˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.leˈse(ʁ)/ [fa.leˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fa.leˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fa.leˈse(ʁ)/ [fa.leˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fa.leˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.lɨˈseɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.lɨˈseɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.lɨˈse.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: fa‧le‧cer

### Verb

falecer (first-person singular present faleço, first-person singular preterite faleci, past participle falecido)
* to die
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:morrer

#### Derived terms

* desfalecer

#### Related terms

* falhar

### References

* ↑ “falecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “falecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025