fallare

See also: fallaré

Italian

Etymology

From fallo + -are or falla + -are, from Vulgar Latin *falla, or from Late Latin fallāre, from Latin fallere.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /falˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fal‧là‧re

Verb

fallàre (first-person singular present fàllo, first-person singular past historic fallài, past participle fallàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, botany, horticulture) to fail to germinate (of a seed) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, rare or literary) to make a mistake [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, rare or literary) to commit a sin, to transgress [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, archaic or literary) to fail, to miss [auxiliary avere]
  5. (transitive, rare) to mess (something) up

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References

  1. fallare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

fallāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of fallō

Spanish

Verb

fallare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fallar
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