falecer

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese falescer (to fail, err; diminish), from Vulgar Latin *fallēscere, from Latin fallō, fallere. Compare Portuguese falecer and Spanish fallecer.

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

falecer (first-person singular present falezo, first-person singular preterite falecín, past participle falecido)

  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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ReferencesEdit

  • falecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fales” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • falecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • falecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

PortugueseEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *fallēscere, from Latin fallere.[1][2] Cognate with Galician falecer, and Spanish fallecer.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: fa‧le‧cer

VerbEdit

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

  1. to die
    Synonym: morrer

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ falecer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. ^ falecer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.