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falla.

a hole, especially a leak (from a wall or a ship's keel)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfal.la/
  1. a hole, especially a leak (from a wall or a ship's keel)

    feminine
  2. a reason or source of loss (of money, resources, etc.)

    broadly · feminine · figuratively
    tamponare le falle dell'erario
  3. to retreat on a front of a battle, allowing enemy penetration into one's territory

    feminine
  4. a defect in a fabric, due to an error in the weaving process

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from fallare + -a.

noun/ˈfal.la/
  1. drop

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English fall, with influence from the lemma above.

verb/ˈfal.la/
  1. compound of fa', the second-person singular imperative form of fare, with la

    compound-of
Where this word comes from

From fa' + -la.

verb/ˈfal.la/
  1. inflection of fallare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of fallare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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