fallare

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to fail to germinate (of a seed)
2. (intransitive, literary, rare) to make a mistake
3. (intransitive, literary, rare) to commit a sin, to transgress
4. (archaic, intransitive, literary) to fail, to miss
5. (rare, transitive) to mess (something) up

Concepts

err

be mistaken

Synonyms

fallire

Translations

errar

se tromper

dwalen

een fout maken

equivocarse

Hyphenated as

fal‧là‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/falˈla.re/

Etymology

From fallo + -are or falla + -are, from Vulgar Latin *falla, or from Late Latin fallāre, from Latin fallere.