falla

Meaning

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)

Read more

Concepts

fault

error

faulting

fracture

mistake

shift

break

geological fault

Synonyms

culpa

errada

error

falta

manca

equivocació

Translations

falha

falla

faglia

faute

casser

λάθος

غلط

fracture

έλλειψη

cassure

colpa

errore

faille

erreur

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfa.ʎə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: facula

In summary

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