fallera

See also: fallerà

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faˈʝeɾa/ [faˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): /faˈʝeɾa/ [faˈʝe.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʎeɾa/ [faˈʎe.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʃeɾa/ [faˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /faˈʒeɾa/ [faˈʒe.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /faˈeɾa/ [faˈe.ɾa] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: fa‧lle‧ra

Adjective

fallera

1. feminine singular of fallero

Verb

fallera

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of fallir

Swedish

Etymology 1

From fa and la in solmization (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti).

Interjection

fallera

1. Expresses exhilaration (often in song).
   • 1946, “Mössens julafton (När nätterna blir långa) [The mice's Christmas Eve (When the nights get long)]”, Ulf Peder Olrog (lyrics), traditional (music)‎^[1]:

     När nätterna blir långa och kölden sätter in, tar mamma mus och samlar hela barnaskaran sin. Hon visar sen på fällan: "Akta er för den, så får vi allesammans fira jul igen." Hejsan hoppsan, fallerallera, när julen kommer ska varenda unge vara gla' [glad]! Hejsan hoppsan, fallerallera, när julen kommer ska varenda unge vara gla' [glad]!

     When the nights get long and the cold sets in, then mother mouse goes and gathers her whole group of children. She then points [directs, more generally] to the trap: "Beware of that one, and we will all get to celebrate Christmas again." Hidy howdy, fallerallera, when [the] Christmas comes, every kid should be happy! Hidy howdy, fallerallera, when [the] Christmas comes, every kid should be happy!

Etymology 2

Compare German fallieren, English fail; see the latter for etymology.

Verb

fallera (present fallerar, preterite fallerade, supine fallerat, imperative fallera)

1. to fail, to break, to malfunction

Conjugation

Conjugation of fallera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	fallera		—
supine	fallerat		—
imperative	fallera		—
imper. plural1	falleren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fallerar	fallerade	—	—
ind. plural1	fallera	fallerade	—	—
subjunctive2	fallere	fallerade	—	—
present participle		fallerande
past participle		fallerad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “fallera”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fallera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fallera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)