faltar

From falta +‎ -ar.

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

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

From falta +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəlˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [falˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: faltà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

• trobar a faltar

• “faltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From falta +‎ -ar.

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

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

• “faltar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “faltar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (“to lack”).

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.

faltar (intransitive)

1. to lack (want)

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

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

From falta +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: fal‧tar

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)

   Só 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

• “faltar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “faltar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “faltar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “faltar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (“to lack”).

• IPA^(key): /falˈtaɾ/ [fal̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fal‧tar

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 trabajo ― to miss work

• “faltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024