fallecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From fallecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

• IPA^(key): /faʝesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /faʎesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʎe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

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

• IPA^(key): /faʃesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʃe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /faʒesiˈmjento/ [fa.ʒe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025