defunción

Galician

Noun

defunción f (plural defuncións)

death, decease
demise

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfūnctiōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /defunˈθjon/ [d̪e.fũn̟ˈθjõn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /defunˈsjon/ [d̪e.fũnˈsjõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: de‧fun‧ción

Noun

defunción f (plural defunciones)

decease, death
Synonyms: deceso, fallecimiento, muerte

Derived terms

certificado de defunción (“death certificate”)

Related terms

difunto

Further reading

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

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