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): (Valencian) [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.

• Hyphenation: fal‧tar

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

1. (intransitive) 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. (transitive with a) to be lacking from; to be absent from

   Falta-te coragem. ― You lack courage. (literally, “Courage is absent in you.”)

3. (transitive with a) to skip, miss

   Faltei à escola. ― I skipped school.

4. (intransitive) 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.

From falta +‎ -ar.

• 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)

1. (intransitive, or transitive with a or de) to be lacking, lack, not have

   Synonym: carecer

   Te falta imaginación.

   You lack imagination.

   (literally, “Imagination lacks to you.”)

2. (intransitive) to remain

   ¿Cuánto tiempo falta?

   How much time left?

   Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños.

   My birthday is a month away.

3. (intransitive) to be absent, missing

   aún falta una persona

   one person is still missing

4. (transitive with a) to miss (a date or an appointment)

   faltar al trabajo ― to miss work

• “faltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014