fallare

See also: fallaré

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈla.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fal‧là‧re

Verb

fallàre (first-person singular present fàllo, first-person singular past historic fallài, past participle fallàto, auxiliary avére)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fallàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	fallàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		fallàndo
present participle		fallànte	past participle		fallàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	fàllo	fàlli	fàlla	falliàmo	fallàte	fàllano
imperfect	fallàvo	fallàvi	fallàva	fallavàmo	fallavàte	fallàvano
past historic	fallài	fallàsti	fallò	fallàmmo	fallàste	fallàrono
future	fallerò	fallerài	fallerà	fallerémo	falleréte	fallerànno
conditional	fallerèi	fallerésti	fallerèbbe, fallerébbe	fallerémmo	falleréste	fallerèbbero, fallerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	fàlli	fàlli	fàlli	falliàmo	falliàte	fàllino
imperfect	fallàssi	fallàssi	fallàsse	fallàssimo	fallàste	fallàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		fàlla	fàlli	falliàmo	fallàte	fàllino
negative imperative		non fallàre	non fàlli	non falliàmo	non fallàte	non fàllino

Synonyms

• sbagliare, errare

Derived terms

• fallarsi

Related terms

• fallire, fallo

See also

• chi non fa non falla

Anagrams

• fallerà

Latin

Verb

fallāre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of fallō

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faˈʝaɾe/ [faˈʝa.ɾe]

• IPA^(key): /faˈʝaɾe/ [faˈʝa.ɾe] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʎaɾe/ [faˈʎa.ɾe] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʃaɾe/ [faˈʃa.ɾe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʒaɾe/ [faˈʒa.ɾe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: fa‧lla‧re

Verb

fallare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fallar