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faltar
to be missing, to be lacking
verb
Word 424 of the core 1,000 · Stage 3, Conversation
With one thing or several
With faltar, the thing is the subject and the person comes first, so the verb changes with the number of things.
Present
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me faltaI am missing it | me faltanI am missing them |
| a ti | te faltayou are missing it | te faltanyou are missing them |
| a él | le faltahe is missing it / you are missing it (formal) | le faltanhe is missing them / you are missing them (formal) |
| a ella | le faltashe is missing it / you are missing it (formal) | le faltanshe is missing them / you are missing them (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos faltawe are missing it | nos faltanwe are missing them |
| a ellos | les faltathey are missing it / you all are missing it | les faltanthey are missing them / you all are missing them |
Preterite
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me faltóI was missing it | me faltaronI was missing them |
| a ti | te faltóyou were missing it | te faltaronyou were missing them |
| a él | le faltóhe was missing it / you were missing it (formal) | le faltaronhe was missing them / you were missing them (formal) |
| a ella | le faltóshe was missing it / you were missing it (formal) | le faltaronshe was missing them / you were missing them (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos faltówe were missing it | nos faltaronwe were missing them |
| a ellos | les faltóthey were missing it / you all were missing it | les faltaronthey were missing them / you all were missing them |
Imperfect
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me faltabaI was missing it / I used to be missing it | me faltabanI was missing them / I used to be missing them |
| a ti | te faltabayou were missing it / you used to be missing it | te faltabanyou were missing them / you used to be missing them |
| a él | le faltabahe was missing it / he used to be missing it / you were missing it (formal) / you used to be missing it (formal) | le faltabanhe was missing them / he used to be missing them / you were missing them (formal) / you used to be missing them (formal) |
| a ella | le faltabashe was missing it / she used to be missing it / you were missing it (formal) / you used to be missing it (formal) | le faltabanshe was missing them / she used to be missing them / you were missing them (formal) / you used to be missing them (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos faltabawe were missing it / we used to be missing it | nos faltabanwe were missing them / we used to be missing them |
| a ellos | les faltabathey were missing it / they used to be missing it / you all were missing it / you all used to be missing it | les faltabanthey were missing them / they used to be missing them / you all were missing them / you all used to be missing them |
Future
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me faltaráI will be missing it | me faltaránI will be missing them |
| a ti | te faltaráyou will be missing it | te faltarányou will be missing them |
| a él | le faltaráhe will be missing it / you will be missing it (formal) | le faltaránhe will be missing them / you will be missing them (formal) |
| a ella | le faltaráshe will be missing it / you will be missing it (formal) | le faltaránshe will be missing them / you will be missing them (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos faltaráwe will be missing it | nos faltaránwe will be missing them |
| a ellos | les faltaráthey will be missing it / you all will be missing it | les faltaránthey will be missing them / you all will be missing them |
In a sentence
Me falta dinero para comprar la casa.
I'm short of money to buy the house.
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