fallido

Spanish

Etymology

From the past participle of Old Spanish fallir, itself from Latin fallere. Still equivalent to the past participle of modern fallir.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faˈʝido/ [faˈʝi.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /faˈʝido/ [faˈʝi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /faˈʎido/ [faˈʎi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faˈʃido/ [faˈʃi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faˈʒido/ [faˈʒi.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: fa‧lli‧do

Adjective

fallido (feminine fallida, masculine plural fallidos, feminine plural fallidas)

1. failed, unsuccessful

Derived terms

• acto fallido

 

Related terms

• fallar
• fallecer
• falluto
• falta

 

Participle

fallido (feminine fallida, masculine plural fallidos, feminine plural fallidas)

1. past participle of fallir

Further reading

• “fallido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014