Etymology

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Borrowed from English failFrench faillirItalian fallireSpanish fallar. The -i- from the French and Italian infinitives were kept to distinguish the word from falar (to fall).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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faliar (present falias, past faliis, future falios, conditional falius, imperative faliez)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fail, miscarry, miss (an aim), not to succeed
  2. (intransitive, commercial) to fail, to become insolvent without implication of disgrace

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • faliego (debacle, break up, downfall)
  • faliigar (to cause to miss, to fail; to frustrate)
  • faliinto (insolvent person)
  • falio (failure, insolvency)
  • nefaliiva (unfailing, unerring, infallible)
  • senfalio (without fail, unfailingly)

See also

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  • (2): bankrotar (to be bankrupt, become bankrupt)