fallir
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallō, fallere. Compare Occitan falhir or French faillir.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fəˈʎi/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /faˈʎiɾ/
- Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb
fallir (first-person singular present falleixo, past participle fallit)
- (intransitive) to fail
- to lack, be missing
- (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- infix)
infinitive | fallir | ||||||
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present participle | 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 | |
— | falleix | falleixi | fallim | falliu | falleixin |
Derived terms
- fall
- fallida
- falliment
- fallit
Related terms
- falla
- fallar
- falta
References
- “fallir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fallir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish fallir, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere, with irregular preservation of /f-/.
Verb
fallir (first-person singular present fallo, first-person singular preterite fallí, past participle fallido)
- (archaic) to err
- (Venezuela, intransitive) to fail, to go bankrupt
Conjugation
Conjugation of fallir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | fallir | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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
- fallido
Related terms
- fallecer
- fallar
- falta
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “fallir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 844