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Fallecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to die, expire”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fallecer in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to die, expire |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fallecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está falleciendo) and past continuous (estaba falleciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. died).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he died and hubiera died. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | falleciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | died |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I die” or “they die”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fallezco |
| Tú | falleces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallece |
| Nosotros / as | fallecemos |
| Vosotros / as | fallecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecen |
| Vos | fallecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I die” or “she die” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fallecí | I die |
| Tú | falleciste | You die |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falleció | He / she / you die |
| Nosotros / as | fallecimos | We die |
| Vosotros / as | fallecisteis | You die |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecieron | They / you die |
| Vos | falleciste | You die |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was died” or “she was died” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fallecía | I was died |
| Tú | fallecías | You were died |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallecía | He was / she was / you were died |
| Nosotros / as | fallecíamos | We were died |
| Vosotros / as | fallecíais | You were died |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecían | They / you were died |
| Vos | fallecías | You were died |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have dying” and “she has dying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he died | I have dying |
| Tú | has died | You have dying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha died | He has / she has / you have dying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos died | We have dying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis died | You have dying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han died | They / you have dying |
| Vos | has died | You have dying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would die” or “she would die”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fallecería | I would die |
| Tú | fallecerías | You would die |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallecería | He / she / you would die |
| Nosotros / as | falleceríamos | We would die |
| Vosotros / as | falleceríais | You would die |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecerían | They / you would die |
| Vos | fallecerías | You would die |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will die” or “they will die”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a fallecer” means “They are going to die”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | falleceré | I will die |
| Tú | fallecerás | You will die |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallecerá | He / she / you will die |
| Nosotros / as | falleceremos | We will die |
| Vosotros / as | falleceréis | You will die |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecerán | They / you will die |
| Vos | fallecerás | You will die |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fallezca |
| Tú | fallezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallezca |
| Nosotros / as | fallezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | fallezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallezcan |
| Vos | fallezcas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | falleciera | falleciese |
| Tú | fallecieras | falleciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falleciera | falleciese |
| Nosotros / as | falleciéramos | falleciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | fallecierais | fallecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecieran | falleciesen |
| Vos | fallecieras | falleciese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | falleciere |
| Tú | fallecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falleciere |
| Nosotros / as | falleciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | falleciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallecieren |
| Vos | fallecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “die!” and “don’t die!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fallece | no fallezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fallezca | no fallezca |
| Nosotros / as | fallezcamos | no fallezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | falleced | no fallezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fallezcan | no fallezcan |
| Vos | fallecé | no fallezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya died |
| Tú | hayas died |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya died |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos died |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis died |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan died |
| Vos | hayas died |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera died / hubiese died |
| Tú | hubieras died / hubieses died |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera died / hubiese died |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos died / hubiésemos died |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais died / hubieseis died |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran died / hubiesen died |
| Vos | hubieras died / hubieses died |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere died |
| Tú | hubieres died |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere died |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos died |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis died |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren died |
| Vos | hubieres died |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté falleciendo |
| Tú | estés falleciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté falleciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos falleciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis falleciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén falleciendo |
| Vos | estés falleciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera falleciendo / estuviese falleciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras falleciendo / estuvieses falleciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera falleciendo / estuviese falleciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos falleciendo / estuviésamos falleciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais falleciendo / estuvieseis falleciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera falleciendo / estuviese falleciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras falleciendo / estuvieses falleciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere falleciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres falleciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere falleciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos falleciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis falleciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere falleciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres falleciendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos fallecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos falleciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fallecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fallecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fallecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fallezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fallecieras / Vos falleciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fallecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fallezcas |