Pronúncia: fəltá
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verb intransitiu
- to be lacking, be wanting.
- to be absent, be missing (de from).
- faltar a escola to be absent from school, miss class.
- en falten tres three are missing.
- em falta poc per acabar I’ve nearly finished.
- falten dos minuts per les vuit it’s two minutes to eight.
- faltar a [principi] to be false to.
- (ídem) [persona] to offend.
- faltar a una promesa to break a promise, break one’s word, go back on one’s word.
- faltar a la veritat to lie, be untruthful.
- faltar a una regla to violate a rule.
- [mancar a la consideració deguda] to be rude to, show disrespect for, be disrespectful to.
- trobar a faltar locució verbal to miss.
- [ésser mort] to die, be gone, pass away.