Meaning
to fail, go bankrupt
- to fail
- to go bankrupt
- to miss (a target, goal)
In a sentence
Ho fallito il rigore davanti a tutti.
I missed the penalty in front of everyone.
Il progetto rischia di fallire senza nuovi fondi.
The project risks failing without new funds.
La piccola ditta è fallita l'anno scorso?
Did the small company go bankrupt last year?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fallire | infinitive |
| falliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fallisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fallite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fallisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| falliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fallisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fallivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fallivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fallivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fallivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fallivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| falliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fallimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fallii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| falliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fallisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fallirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fallì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| falliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fallirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fallirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fallirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| falliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fallirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| falliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fallisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| falliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fallisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| falliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fallisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fallissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fallissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| falliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fallissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fallissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fallisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| falliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fallirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fallireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| falliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fallirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fallirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| falliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fallite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fallisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fallendo | gerund |
| fallito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For exams, plans, or attempts, Italian often prefers non riuscire or non passare over fallire.
- With direct objects, fallire means miss or fail: fallire il bersaglio, fallire un obiettivo. Avoid using a preposition there.
- For companies, use essere fallito or fallire. In legal/business contexts, dichiarare fallimento is more formal.