faliar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English fail, French faillir, Italian fallire, Spanish fallar. The -i- from the French and Italian infinitives were kept to distinguish the word from falar (to fall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈli̯ar/

Verb

faliar (present falias, past faliis, future falios, conditional falius, imperative faliez)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fail, miscarry, miss (an aim), not to succeed
  2. (intransitive, commercial) to fail, to become insolvent without implication of disgrace

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • faliego (debacle, break up, downfall)
  • faliigar (to cause to miss, to fail; to frustrate)
  • faliinto (insolvent person)
  • falio (failure, insolvency)
  • nefaliiva (unfailing, unerring, infallible)
  • senfalio (without fail, unfailingly)

See also

  • (2): bankrotar (to be bankrupt, become bankrupt)
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