falta

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (feminine) lack (the condition of not having, needing, or needing more of something)
2. (feminine) absence; truancy (an instance of missing a class)
3. (feminine) fault (a mistake, error, sin or transgression, especially a minor one)
4. (feminine) foul (breach of game rules)
5. (feminine) direct free kick (free kick following a foul committed outside the penalty area)
6. (feminine) the condition of missing someone or something

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of faltar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of faltar:

Adj

feminine singular of falto

Con guión como

fal‧ta

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈfaw.tɐ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de latín: falsus

Relativo a catalán: falta

Relativo a inglés: fault

Relativo a español: falta

Relativo a francés: faute

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute.

Frases

O tio Jack e eu vamos sentir sua falta .

Uncle Jack and I will miss you.

Quem fala a verdade não falta inimigos .

Those who speak the truth are not short of enemies.

À meia-noite percebo que falta água .

At midnight I realize that there is no water.

São João a falta e o Menino Jesus a estende .

Saint John misses it and the Child Jesus extends it.

Jamais nos preocupemos com a falta de dinheiro .

Let's never worry about the lack of money.

Pode oferecer comodidade ou falta .

You can offer convenience or lack of it.