fallecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From fallecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faʝeθiˈmjento/ [fa.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /faʝeθiˈmjento/ [fa.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /faʎeθiˈmjento/ [fa.ʎe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /faʝesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /faʝesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /faʎesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʎe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faʃesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʃe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faʒesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʒe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: fa‧lle‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

fallecimiento m (plural fallecimientos)

1. demise, death

   Synonyms: muerte, óbito

Further reading

• “fallecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28