Polyglot Dictionary

fallecimiento

/faʝesiˈmjento/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
fallecimientos

Meaning

  1. death

    • Lamentamos su fallecimiento.

      We regret his passing.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

defunción

fallecimiento is a formal, polite word for "death, passing"; defunción is even more bureaucratic or legal, used specifically in official records.

muerte

muerte is the everyday, general word for "death"; fallecimiento is a formal, polite word for "death, passing."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

morte

morte is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "death."

Portuguese

óbito

óbito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "death."

Practice

1 What does fallecimiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lamentamos su ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fallecimiento?

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