defunción
Galician
Noun
defunción f (plural defuncións)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēfūnctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defunˈθjon/ [d̪e.fũn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /defunˈsjon/ [d̪e.fũnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- 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
Further reading
- “defunción”, 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