fallire

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /falˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: fal‧lì‧re

Verb

fallìre (first-person singular present fallìsco, first-person singular past historic fallìi, past participle fallìto, auxiliary avére or (in the meanings "to fail, to flop, to go bankrupt") èssere)

  1. (transitive) to miss, to not hit (a target, a ball, etc.)
  2. (intransitive) to fail
  3. (intransitive) to go bankrupt
  4. (intransitive) to flop
  5. (intransitive, archaic) to make a mistake

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fallìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive fallìre
auxiliary verb avére, èssere1 gerund fallèndo
present participle fallènte past participle fallìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present fallìsco fallìsci fallìsce falliàmo fallìte fallìscono
imperfect fallìvo fallìvi fallìva fallivàmo fallivàte fallìvano
past historic fallìi fallìsti fallì fallìmmo fallìste fallìrono
future fallirò fallirài fallirà fallirémo falliréte fallirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present fallirèi fallirésti fallirèbbe, fallirébbe fallirémmo falliréste fallirèbbero, fallirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present fallìsca fallìsca fallìsca falliàmo falliàte fallìscano
imperfect fallìssi fallìssi fallìsse fallìssimo fallìste fallìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
fallìsci fallìsca falliàmo fallìte fallìscano
negative imperative non fallìre non fallìsca non falliàmo non fallìte non fallìscano

1In the meanings "to fail, to flop, to go bankrupt".

Related terms

Descendants

  • → German: fallieren
  • →? Maltese: falla

Further reading

  • fallire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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