fallar
See also: fällar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *falliāre, from Latin fallere (and so related to Catalan fallir). Compare Occitan falhar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fallar (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallí, past participle fallat)
- (transitive) to miss (to fail to hit)
- Antonym: encertar
- (intransitive) to fail (to cease to operate correctly)
- (transitive) to let down (to disappoint)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fallar (first conjugation)
infinitive | fallar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | fallant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | fallat | fallada | |||||
plural | fallats | fallades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | fallo | falles | falla | fallem | falleu | fallen | |
imperfect | fallava | fallaves | fallava | fallàvem | fallàveu | fallaven | |
future | fallaré | fallaràs | fallarà | fallarem | fallareu | fallaran | |
preterite | fallí | fallares | fallà | fallàrem | fallàreu | fallaren | |
conditional | fallaria | fallaries | fallaria | fallaríem | fallaríeu | fallarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | falli | fallis | falli | fallem | falleu | fallin | |
imperfect | fallés | fallessis | fallés | falléssim | falléssiu | fallessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | falla | falli | fallem | falleu | fallin | |
negative (no) | — | no fallis | no falli | no fallem | no falleu | no fallin |
Further reading edit
- “fallar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fallar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin edit
Verb edit
fallar
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
fallar (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallei, past participle fallado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fallar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From falla, of Catalan origin, ultimately from Latin fallere and hence cognate with English fail.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fallar (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallé, past participle fallado)
- (transitive) to fail
- (intransitive) to crash or break down (a computer)
- Synonym: averiarse
- (transitive) to let down (to disappoint)
- me fallan los dedos
- my fingers let me down
- (law) to rule, give (a verdict or sentence)
- Synonym: laudar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | fallar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | fallando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | fallado | fallada | |||||
plural | fallados | falladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | fallo | fallastú fallásvos |
falla | fallamos | falláis | fallan | |
imperfect | fallaba | fallabas | fallaba | fallábamos | fallabais | fallaban | |
preterite | fallé | fallaste | falló | fallamos | fallasteis | fallaron | |
future | fallaré | fallarás | fallará | fallaremos | fallaréis | fallarán | |
conditional | fallaría | fallarías | fallaría | fallaríamos | fallaríais | fallarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | falle | fallestú fallésvos2 |
falle | fallemos | falléis | fallen | |
imperfect (ra) |
fallara | fallaras | fallara | falláramos | fallarais | fallaran | |
imperfect (se) |
fallase | fallases | fallase | fallásemos | fallaseis | fallasen | |
future1 | fallare | fallares | fallare | falláremos | fallareis | fallaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | fallatú fallávos |
falle | fallemos | fallad | fallen | ||
negative | no falles | no falle | no fallemos | no falléis | no fallen |
Selected combined forms of fallar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fallar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014