falhar

Portuguese

Etymology

From falha, itself from a Vulgar Latin falla or falia (possibly partly through the intermediate or influence of Old French faille or Old Occitan), or from Old Galician-Portuguese fallar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin fallāre, from Latin fallere.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈʎaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈʎa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: fa‧lhar

Verb

falhar (first-person singular present falho, first-person singular preterite falhei, past participle falhado)

  1. to fail

Conjugation

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