Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | falto | |
| tú | faltas | |
| él / ella / usted | falta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | faltan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | falté | |
| tú | faltaste | |
| él / ella / usted | faltó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | faltaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | faltaba | |
| tú | faltabas | |
| él / ella / usted | faltaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | faltaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | faltaré | |
| tú | faltarás | |
| él / ella / usted | faltará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | faltarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | faltaría | |
| tú | faltarías | |
| él / ella / usted | faltaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | faltarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | falte | |
| tú | faltes | |
| él / ella / usted | falte | |
| nosotros / nosotras | faltemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | faltéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | falten |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance)
- to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a person)
- to remain
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations