fallir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈʎi]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈʎiɾ]
Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

fallir (first-person singular present falleixo, first-person singular preterite fallí, 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-)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			fallir
gerund			fallint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fallit		fallida
		plural		fallits		fallides
person		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
	affirmative	—	falleix	falleixi	fallim	falliu	falleixin
	negative (no)	—	no falleixis	no falleixi	no fallim	no falliu	no falleixin

Derived terms

fall
fallida
falliment
fallit

Related terms

References

“fallir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“fallir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fallir, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere. With irregular preservation of /f-/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈʝiɾ/ [faˈʝiɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /faˈʎiɾ/ [faˈʎiɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /faˈʃiɾ/ [faˈʃiɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /faˈʒiɾ/ [faˈʒiɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: fa‧llir

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)

		singular			plural
infinitive			fallir
gerund			fallendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fallido		fallida
		plural		fallidos		fallidas
		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	falles^{^tú} fallís^{^vos}	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	fallas^{^tú} fallás^{^vos²}	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		falle^{^tú} fallí^{^vos}	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
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fallir	dative	fallirme	fallirte	fallirle, fallirse	fallirnos	falliros	fallirles, fallirse
with infinitive fallir	accusative	fallirme	fallirte	fallirlo, fallirla, fallirse	fallirnos	falliros	fallirlos, fallirlas, fallirse

with gerund fallendo	dative	falléndome	falléndote	falléndole, falléndose	falléndonos	falléndoos	falléndoles, falléndose
with gerund fallendo	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative falle	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
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fallí	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
with formal second-person singular imperative falla	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
with first-person plural imperative fallamos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative fallid	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
with formal second-person plural imperative fallan	accusative	fállanme	not used	fállanlo, fállanla	fállannos	not used	fállanlos, fállanlas, fállanse

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “fallir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 844