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faltar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From falta +‎ -ar.

Verb

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faltar (first-person singular indicative present falto, past participle faltáu)

  1. to be lacking/missing
  2. to disappear from
  3. to fail

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Catalan

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Etymology

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    From falta +‎ -ar.

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    Verb

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    faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltí, past participle faltat)

    1. to be lacking
    2. to be left, to remain
    3. to be missing, to be absent
      Synonym: mancar

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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      From falta + -ar.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /falˈtaɾ/ [fɑl̪ˈt̪aɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Hyphenation: fal‧tar

      Verb

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      faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltei, past participle faltado) (intransitive)

      1. to be missing; to be lacking
      2. to be lacking; to be absent
        Synonym: fallar
      3. to remain; to be left (for completing something)
        Synonyms: quedar, restar
      4. to skip, to miss
        Synonym: asistir
      5. to be missing; to be absent

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      Ladino

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (to lack).

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        faltar (Hebrew spelling פ׳אלטאר)[1] (intransitive)

        1. to lack; to want; to be absent from
          • 1990, דוד בנבנשתי, לקט: צרור מאמרים על מורשת יהדות המזרח[1], ד. בנבנשתי, page 120:
            i ke este en sano
            kon semanada i keno le falte nada
            and that I be healthy
            for a week and that I lack nothing
        2. to miss; to long for; to be missed by
          • 2000, Los Muestros[2], R. Capuia, page 53:
            Solo fui kuando faltaron mi madre i dispues mi padre en Tlemcen.
            It was only when I missed my mother and then my father in Tlemcen.
        3. to make a mistake (err)
          Synonym: errar
          • 2000, Salamon Bicerano, Relatos akademikos i populares en Judeo-Espanyol (1998–2000)[3], Gözlem, →ISBN, page 24:
            [] i no faltar de entrar tadre al salon, justo a tiempo.
            And to not make the mistake of entering the guest room late, [but] just in time.

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        References

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        1. ^ faltar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

        Old Spanish

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        Etymology

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          From falta +‎ -ar.

          Verb

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          faltar (intransitive)

          1. to lack (want)

          Descendants

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          • Ladino: faltar, פ׳אלטאר
          • Spanish: faltar

          References

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          • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “faltar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 250

          Portuguese

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          Etymology

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            From falta + -ar.

            Pronunciation

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            • (Portugal) IPA(key): /falˈtaɾ/ [faɫˈtaɾ]
              • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /falˈta.ɾi/ [faɫˈta.ɾi]

            • Hyphenation: fal‧tar

            Verb

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            faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltei, past participle faltado) (intransitive)

            1. to be missing; to be lacking
              Faltou luz na cidade inteira.
              The entire city’s power went off.
              (literally, “The light went missing in the whole city.”)
            2. to be lacking; to be absent [with a or em]
              Antonym: sobrar
              Falta-te coragem.You lack courage. (literally, “Courage is absent in you.”)
            3. to skip, to miss [with a or (Brazil) em]
              Antonyms: ir, comparecer
              Faltei à escola.I skipped school.
            4. to remain; to be left (for completing something)
              faltam duas horas para sua saída.
              It’s only two hours left for him/her to leave.
            5. (of a person) to be absent, not present

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            Spanish

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            Etymology

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              Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (to lack).

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              faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite falté, past participle faltado) (intransitive)

              1. to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance) [with a ‘someone’]
                Te falta imaginación.
                You lack imagination.
                (literally, “Imagination lacks to you.”)
              2. to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a person) [with a or (obsolete) de ‘something needed’]
                Synonym: carecer
                Faltas a la imaginación.
                You lack imagination.
              3. to remain
                ¿Cuánto tiempo falta?
                How much time left?
                Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños.
                My birthday is a month away.
              4. to be absent, to be missing
                Aún falta una persona.
                One person is still missing.
              5. to miss [with a ‘a date or an appointment’]
                faltar al trabajoto miss work

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