falha

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ʎɐ/

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallia.[1][2]

Noun

falha f (plural falhas)

  1. a flaw
  2. (geology) a fault

Verb

falha

  1. inflection of falhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. “falha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “falha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember; glowing coal”).

Noun

falha

  1. charcoal
    sa falha ya muqtha putuan apuy, muqtha thithu mimbarumbun shunara.
    If the black charcoal is put into the fire again, it will burn fiercely again.
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