faltar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance)
  2. (intransitive) to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a person)
  3. (intransitive) to remain
  4. (intransitive) to be absent, to be missing
  5. (intransitive) to miss

Concepts

be missing

be absent

be lacking

not to be

not to exist

be away

see faltar a

be backward

become tired

be needed

be short

go far away

lack miss

need to

lack enough

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
fal‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/falˈtaɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (“to lack”).

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