falla

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are installed in certain Valencian municipalities and are burned to ashes the day of Saint Joseph
2. (feminine) the holidays around these constructions
3. (feminine) the associations or organizations around these constructions
4. (feminine) fire, bonfire

Verb

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

fallar

1. (transitive) to miss (to fail to hit)
2. (intransitive) to fail (to cease to operate correctly)
3. (transitive) to let down (to disappoint)

Lees verder

Concepten

breuk

Synoniemen

culpa

errada

error

falta

manca

equivocació

Vertalingen

fault

falha

falla

faute

faglia

break

λάθος

غلط

fracture

mistake

shift

geological fault

casser

faulting

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈfa.ʎə]

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Latijn: facula

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *facla, contracted form of Latin facula, diminutive of fax (“torch”). Compare the borrowed doublet fàcula.