falir
Portuguese, verb/faˈli(ʁ)/
falir is spelled F-A-L-I-R (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to go bankrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ir à falência, não ter como cumprir com suas obrigações financeiras”.
What does falir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go bankrupt
- 2
Brazilto bankrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ir à falência, não ter como cumprir com suas obrigações financeiras
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falir
- fali first-person preterite singular
- falido participle past
- falires infinitive second-person singular
- falirmos first-person infinitive plural
- falirdes infinitive plural second-person
- falirem infinitive plural third-person
- falindo gerund
- falidos masculine participle past
- falida feminine participle past
- falidas feminine participle past
- falimos first-person indicative plural
- falis indicative plural present
- falia first-person imperfect indicative
- falias imperfect indicative second-person
- falíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- falíeis imperfect indicative plural
- faliam imperfect indicative plural
- faliste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falir?
- Brazil /faˈli(ʁ)/
- Brazil [faˈli(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is falir in Portuguese?
falir appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).