fallecido

deceased, late, died, passed away

f a ʝ e ˈθ i d o → fallecer
fallec die; pass away + ido Past participle
adjective · singular, past tense Rare #41,814
deceased, late Often used as a noun to mean “the deceased person.”
SP: Mi abuelo fallecido vivía aquí.
EN: My late grandfather lived here.

Un hombre fallecido.

One man dead.

— El sonido de la muerte (2026)

Y conocía bien a mi padre fallecido.

And I knew my deceased father well.

La esposa del fallecido.

The deceased's wife.

— Broker (2022)

Fallecido.

Deceased.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)

Así que lo he llamado"Heathcliff", como mi hermano fallecido.

So I named him “Heathcliff,” after my late brother.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Rómulo se llama el fallecido, ¿no?

The deceased’s name is Rómulo, isn’t it?

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

Gabriel Onetto, hermano del fallecido.

Gabriel Onetto, brother of the deceased.

— Una mujer fantástica (2017)

verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #53,387
died, passed away A more formal and softer way to say “died.”
SP: Mi abuelo ha fallecido.
EN: My grandfather has passed away.
Conjugation of fallecer
Past
fallecido

Eres afortunado al no haber fallecido.

You’re lucky not to have died.

No sabía que tu padre había fallecido.

I didn't know your father had passed away.

¿Y si uno de los bebés hubiese fallecido al nacer?

What if one of the babies had died at birth?

— Legado en los huesos (2019)

Nicolas volvió de San Antonio y dijo que había fallecido.

Nicolas came back from San Antonio and said that he had died.

— Como agua para chocolate (1992)