fallir

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere.

Pronunciation

Verb

fallir (first-person singular present falleixo, first-person singular preterite fallí, past participle fallit)

  1. (intransitive) to fail
  2. to lack, be missing
  3. (business, intransitive) to fail, to go bankrupt
    La companyia va fallir per manca de recursos.
    The company failed due to a lack of resources.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fallir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive fallir
gerund fallint
past participle masculine feminine
singular fallit fallida
plural fallits fallides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present falleixo falleixes falleix fallim falliu falleixen
imperfect fallia fallies fallia fallíem fallíeu fallien
future falliré falliràs fallirà fallirem fallireu falliran
preterite fallí fallires fallí fallírem fallíreu falliren
conditional falliria falliries falliria falliríem falliríeu fallirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present falleixi falleixis falleixi fallim falliu falleixin
imperfect fallís fallissis fallís fallíssim fallíssiu fallissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — falleix falleixi fallim falliu falleixin
negative (no) — no falleixis no falleixi no fallim no falliu no falleixin

Derived terms

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fallir, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere. With irregular preservation of /f-/.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /faˈʝiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /faˈʎiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faˈʃiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faˈʒiɾ/

  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: fa‧llir

Verb

fallir (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallí, past participle fallido)

  1. (archaic) to err
  2. (Venezuela, intransitive) to fail, to go bankrupt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fallir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fallir
gerund fallendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular fallido fallida
plural fallidos fallidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fallo fallestú
fallísvos 		falle fallimos fallís fallen
imperfect fallía fallías fallía fallíamos fallíais fallían
preterite fallí falliste falló fallimos fallisteis falleron
future falliré fallirás fallirá falliremos falliréis fallirán
conditional falliría fallirías falliría falliríamos falliríais fallirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present falla fallastú
fallásvos2 		falla fallamos falláis fallan
imperfect
(ra) 		fallera falleras fallera falléramos fallerais falleran
imperfect
(se) 		fallese falleses fallese fallésemos falleseis fallesen
future1 fallere falleres fallere falléremos fallereis falleren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative falletú
fallívos 		falla fallamos fallid fallan
negative no fallas no falla no fallamos no falláis no fallan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fallir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fallir
dative fallirme fallirte fallirle, fallirse fallirnos falliros fallirles, fallirse
accusative fallirme fallirte fallirlo, fallirla, fallirse fallirnos falliros fallirlos, fallirlas, fallirse
with gerund fallendo
dative falléndome falléndote falléndole, falléndose falléndonos falléndoos falléndoles, falléndose
accusative falléndome falléndote falléndolo, falléndola, falléndose falléndonos falléndoos falléndolos, falléndolas, falléndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative falle
dative fálleme fállete fállele fállenos not used fálleles
accusative fálleme fállete fállelo, fállela fállenos not used fállelos, fállelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fallí
dative fallime fallite fallile fallinos not used falliles
accusative fallime fallite fallilo, fallila fallinos not used fallilos, fallilas
with formal second-person singular imperative falla
dative fállame not used fállale, fállase fállanos not used fállales
accusative fállame not used fállalo, fállala, fállase fállanos not used fállalos, fállalas
with first-person plural imperative fallamos
dative not used fallámoste fallámosle fallámonos fallámoos fallámosles
accusative not used fallámoste fallámoslo, fallámosla fallámonos fallámoos fallámoslos, fallámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fallid
dative fallidme not used fallidle fallidnos fallíos fallidles
accusative fallidme not used fallidlo, fallidla fallidnos fallíos fallidlos, fallidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fallan
dative fállanme not used fállanle fállannos not used fállanles, fállanse
accusative fállanme not used fállanlo, fállanla fállannos not used fállanlos, fállanlas, fállanse

Derived terms

References

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