fallar

See also: fällar

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Etymology

From falla.

Pronunciation

Verb

fallar (first-person singular present fallo, past participle fallat)

  1. (transitive) to miss (to fail to hit)
    Antonym: encertar
  2. (intransitive) to fail (to cease to operate correctly)
    Synonym: fallir
    Antonym: funcionar
  3. (transitive) to let down (to disappoint)

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Verb

fallar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of fallō

Portuguese

Verb

fallar (first-person singular present indicative fallo, past participle fallado)

  1. Obsolete spelling of falar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From falla, from Vulgar Latin falla, from Latin fallō.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /faˈʎaɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /faˈɟ͡ʝaɾ/, [faˈʝaɾ]
  • (Rioplatense) IPA(key): [fa̠ˈʒa̠ɾ]

Verb

fallar (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallé, past participle fallado)

  1. (transitive) to fail
  2. (intransitive) to crash or break down (a computer)
    Synonym: averiarse
  3. (transitive) to let down (to disappoint)
    me fallan los dedos
    my fingers let me down
  4. (law) to rule, give (a verdict or sentence)

Conjugation

        Conjugation of fallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    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
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of fallaredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive fallar
      dative fallarme fallarte fallarle, fallarse fallarnos fallaros fallarles, fallarse
      accusative fallarme fallarte fallarlo, fallarla, fallarse fallarnos fallaros fallarlos, fallarlas, fallarse
      with gerund fallando
      dative fallándome fallándote fallándole, fallándose fallándonos fallándoos fallándoles, fallándose
      accusative fallándome fallándote fallándolo, fallándola, fallándose fallándonos fallándoos fallándolos, fallándolas, fallándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative falla
      dative fállame fállate fállale fállanos not used fállales
      accusative fállame fállate fállalo, fállala fállanos not used fállalos, fállalas
      with formal second-person singular imperative falle
      dative fálleme not used fállele, fállese fállenos not used fálleles
      accusative fálleme not used fállelo, fállela, fállese fállenos not used fállelos, fállelas
      with first-person plural imperative fallemos
      dative not used fallémoste fallémosle fallémonos fallémoos fallémosles
      accusative not used fallémoste fallémoslo, fallémosla fallémonos fallémoos fallémoslos, fallémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative fallad
      dative falladme not used falladle falladnos fallaos falladles
      accusative falladme not used falladlo, falladla falladnos fallaos falladlos, falladlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative fallen
      dative fállenme not used fállenle fállennos not used fállenles, fállense
      accusative fállenme not used fállenlo, fállenla fállennos not used fállenlos, fállenlas, fállense

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