faltar
/falˈtaɾ/, [fal̪ˈt̪aɾ]lack, miss
Verb faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite falté, past participle faltado)
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(intransitive, or transitive with a or de) to be lacking, lack, not have
- Te falta imaginación.
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You lack imagination.
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(intransitive) to remain
- ¿Cuánto tiempo falta?
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How much time left?
- Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños.
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My birthday is a month away.
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(intransitive) to be absent, missing
- aún falta una persona
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one person is still missing
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(transitive with a) to miss (a date or an appointment)
- faltar al trabajo
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to miss work
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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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