Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I get wrong
- tú you get wrong
- usted, él, ella he/she gets wrong
- nosotros we get wrong
- vosotros Spain you all get wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they get wrong
SPANISH VERB
fallar
to get wrong, to miss
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: fallando
- Past participle: fallado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I got wrong
- tú you got wrong
- usted, él, ella he/she got wrong
- nosotros we got wrong
- vosotros Spain you all got wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they got wrong
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to get wrong
- tú you used to get wrong
- usted, él, ella he/she used to get wrong
- nosotros we used to get wrong
- vosotros Spain you all used to get wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to get wrong
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will get wrong
- tú you will get wrong
- usted, él, ella he/she will get wrong
- nosotros we will get wrong
- vosotros Spain you all will get wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will get wrong
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would get wrong
- tú you would get wrong
- usted, él, ella he/she would get wrong
- nosotros we would get wrong
- vosotros Spain you all would get wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would get wrong
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I get wrong
- tú (that) you get wrong
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she get wrong
- nosotros (that) we get wrong
- vosotros Spain (that) you all get wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they get wrong
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I got wrong
- tú (if) you got wrong
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she got wrong
- nosotros (if) we got wrong
- vosotros Spain (if) you all got wrong
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they got wrong
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú get wrong!
- usted get wrong! (formal)
- nosotros get wrong! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain get wrong! (all of you)
- ustedes get wrong! (all of you)
How to use fallar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Siempre fallo la misma pregunta del examen de conducir.
I always get the same question wrong on the driving test.
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Past
El portero falló y el Betis perdió en el último minuto.
The keeper slipped up and Betis lost in the last minute.
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Imperfect
Mi memoria no fallaba nunca, ahora olvido hasta los nombres.
My memory never failed, now I forget even names.
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Future
Tira tú, que yo seguro que fallaré.
You shoot, I'm bound to miss.
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Conditional
Con tanta presión, cualquiera fallaría el penalti.
Under that much pressure, anyone would miss the penalty.
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Present subjunctive
No pasa nada aunque falles alguna pregunta.
It doesn't matter even if you get a question or two wrong.
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Past subjunctive
Si me fallaran los frenos, no sabría qué hacer.
If my brakes failed, I wouldn't know what to do.
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Imperative
¡Falla ahora y te toca pagar las cañas!
Miss now and you're buying the beers!
Good to know
- "Fallar" is to miss a shot or a question, and also to let someone down: "No me falles." The brakes or the memory "fallan" too.
Where you hear fallar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Fluency Level 2
- En el examen, si fallas una pregunta, te quita puntos. In the exam, if you get a question wrong, it takes points off.
- Curro falló el refrán, y pagó la ronda. Curro got the saying wrong, and paid for the round.
- Esta vez no voy a fallar, Sarah. A la tercera va la vencida. This time I won't get it wrong, Sarah. Third time lucky.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.