falecer

Signification

1. to die
2. (archaic) to be lacking

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[faleˈθeɾ]

Étymologie

From Old Galician-Portuguese falescer (“to fail, err; diminish”), derived from falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere. Compare Portuguese falecer, Spanish fallecer.