faltar

/falˈtaɾ/, [fal̪ˈt̪aɾ]

lack, miss

Gerund: faltando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	faltado	faltada
Plural	faltados	faltadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	falto	faltaba	falté	faltaré	faltaría
tú	faltas	faltabas	faltaste	faltarás	faltarías
él/ella/Ud.	falta	faltaba	faltó	faltará	faltaría
nosotros	faltamos	faltábamos	faltamos	faltaremos	faltaríamos
vosotros	faltáis	faltabais	faltasteis	faltaréis	faltaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	faltan	faltaban	faltaron	faltarán	faltarían
vos	faltás	faltabas	faltaste	faltarás	faltarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	falte	faltara	faltase	faltare
tú	faltes	faltaras	faltases	faltares
él/ella/Ud.	falte	faltara	faltase	faltare
nosotros	faltemos	faltáramos	faltásemos	faltáremos
vosotros	faltéis	faltarais	faltaseis	faltareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	falten	faltaran	faltasen	faltaren
vos	faltés	faltaras	faltases	faltares

Imperative

Examples

Me debe faltar algo.

I must be missing something.

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Si se trata de una escena de miedo, no puede faltar ni el ulular de un búho ni el aullido de los lobos bajo la luna llena.

In a scary scene, it never fails that there is either an owl hooting or wolves howling under the full moon.

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No puede usted faltar a la cita.

You can't break the appointment.

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El perezoso suele faltar a sus obligaciones.

The lazy man frequently neglects his duties.

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Si en toda tu vida te abstienes de asesinar, robar, fornicar, cometer perjurio, blasfemar y faltar al respeto a tus padres, tu iglesia o tu rey, eres convencionalmente considerado alguien que merece admiración moral, incluso si no has realizado ninguna acción generosa o amable o útil.

If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action.

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No quiero faltar el respeto.

I mean no disrespect.

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No tienes que faltar al colegio.

You must not be absent from school.

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