desfalecer

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from des- +‎ falecer. Compare Portuguese desfalecer and Spanish desfallecer.

• IPA^(key): [desfaleˈθeɾ], (western) [desfaleˈseɾ]

desfalecer (first-person singular present desfalezo, first-person singular preterite desfalecín, past participle desfalecido)
desfalecer (first-person singular present desfaleço, first-person singular preterite desfalecim or desfaleci, past participle desfalecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to faint
2. to falter; to weaken

   Synonyms: amortecer, esmorecer

• desfalecemento

• falecer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “desfaleçer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “desfal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desfalecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desfalecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From des- +‎ falecer.^[1]

desfalecer (first-person singular present desfaleço, first-person singular preterite desfaleci, past participle desfalecido)

1. to weaken, fade

   Synonym: enfraquecer

2. to falter
3. to faint, swoon

   Synonym: desmaiar