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Learn Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil): faltar - to be missing

Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil)
/Lesson 22
/faltar

faltar

Word

faltar

Meaning

to be missing

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil)

Lesson

Usages of faltar

Você poderia provar esta carne e me dizer se falta pimenta?

Could you taste this meat and tell me whether it needs pepper?

Falta uma caneta na mochila.

A pen is missing from the backpack.

Se faltar alho, eu vou comprar mais no supermercado.

If we run out of garlic, I am going to buy more at the supermarket.

Esta mensagem é urgente, porque falta uma assinatura no formulário.

This message is urgent, because a signature is missing on the form.

Falta uma vírgula nesta frase, e também um acento naquela palavra.

This sentence is missing a comma, and that word is missing an accent mark too.

Falta um acento nesta palavra, e a vírgula também está no lugar errado.

This word is missing an accent mark, and the comma is in the wrong place too.

Nem que falte carvão, vamos comprar mais.

Even if charcoal runs out, we will buy more.

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