faltar
Portuguese, verb/fawˈta(ʁ)/
faltar is spelled F-A-L-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faltar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be missing; to be lacking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encontrar-se sem algo do que é preciso, haver falta de, não ter aquilo que é necessário”.
What does faltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be missing; to be lacking
Faltou luz na cidade inteira.
- 2
to be lacking; to be absent
Falta-te coragem.
- 3
to skip, to miss
Faltei à escola.
- 4
to remain; to be left (for completing something)
Só faltam duas horas para sua saída.
- 5
to be absent, not present
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. encontrar-se sem algo do que é preciso, haver falta de, não ter aquilo que é necessário 2. não existir. 3. não estar presente. 4. falecer.
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 faltar
- falto first-person present singular
- faltei first-person preterite singular
- faltado participle past
- faltares infinitive second-person singular
- faltarmos first-person infinitive plural
- faltardes infinitive plural second-person
- faltarem infinitive plural third-person
- faltando gerund
- faltados masculine participle past
- faltada feminine participle past
- faltadas feminine participle past
- faltas indicative present second-person
- falta indicative present singular
- faltamos first-person indicative plural
- faltais indicative plural present
- faltam indicative plural present
- faltava first-person imperfect indicative
- faltavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faltar?
- Brazil /fawˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [faʊ̯ˈta(h)]
- /fawˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
faltar appears 11 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).