fallar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *falliāre, from Latin fallere (and so related to Catalan fallir). Compare Occitan falhar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈʎaɾ]

fallar (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallí, 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)

• “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.

fallar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of fallō

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

1. Obsolete spelling of falar.

From falla, of Catalan origin, ultimately from Latin fallere and hence cognate with English fail.

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧llar

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)

   Synonym: laudar

• “fallar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28