falta – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of falta

Noun: falta
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular ffalta
Plural ffaltas

Sample Sentences

  • Desmaiei por falta de água. (I fainted due to lack of water.)
  • Nota-se a falta de problemas sociais nesta região. (One can notice the lack of social issues in this region.)
  • Levei cinco faltas esse semestre. (I got five absences this semester.)
  • Sinto muito, foi uma falta minha. (I’m sorry, it was my bad.)
  • O goleiro teve que cometer uma falta para evitar o gol. (The goalkeeper had to commit a foul to avoid the goal.)
  • Falta! (Foul!)
  • Quem vai bater a falta? (Who will take the kick?)
  • Sinto falta dos bons tempos. (I miss the good old times.)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute. See: Latin Nouns 'falsus', Catalan Nouns 'falta', English Nouns 'fault', Spanish Nouns 'falta', French Nouns 'faute'.

Verbs referencing "falta"

English Nouns fault, Spanish Nouns falta.

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