faltar
Spanish, verb/falˈtaɾ/
faltar is spelled F-A-L-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faltar is a Spanish verb meaning “to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “No estar en un sitio”.
What does faltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance)
Te falta imaginación.
- 2
to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a person)
Faltas a la imaginación.
- 3
to remain
¿Cuánto tiempo falta?
- 4
to be absent, to be missing
Aún falta una persona.
- 5
to miss
faltar al trabajo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. No estar en un sitio. 2. No tener algo, o tenerlo en forma insuficiente. 3. No cumplir o no asistir o no estar presente. 4. No responder adecuadamente, funcionar mal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faltar
- falto first-person present singular
- falté first-person preterite singular
- faltado participle past
- faltando gerund
- faltada feminine participle past
- faltados masculine participle past
- faltadas feminine participle past
- faltas indicative informal present
- faltás indicative informal present
- falta indicative present singular
- faltamos first-person indicative plural
- faltáis indicative plural present
- faltan indicative plural present
- faltaba first-person imperfect indicative
- faltabas imperfect indicative second-person
- faltábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- faltabais imperfect indicative plural
- faltaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faltar?
- /falˈtaɾ/
- [fal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faltar in Spanish?
faltar appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).