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eu faltava

was missing, was lacking, used to be left (remaining)

→ faltar
falt lack; be missing + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #14,557
was missing, was lacking Imperfect past (used for ongoing/repeated situations in the past).
PO: Faltava dinheiro para pagar a conta.
EN: There wasn’t enough money to pay the bill.
used to be left (remaining) Imperfect past (used for ongoing/repeated situations in the past).
PO: Faltava pouco para terminar o trabalho.
EN: There was little left to finish the work.
Conjugation of faltar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First faltava —
Third faltava —

Era o que me faltava!

That's all I needed!

— Batalha Real (2000)

Só faltava essa!

That's all we needed!

— Adeus, Meninos (1987)

Só me faltava segurá-lo.

All I needed was to hold him.

— Quando Voam as Cegonhas (1957)

Ah, aí está, o elo que faltava.

Ah, there it is, the missing link.

— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)

Era só o que faltava.

That's all we needed.

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

Mas ele sentia que faltava algo.

But he felt that something was missing.

— Dangal (2016)

Faltava a metade.

Half of it was missing.

— Tudo Sobre Minha Mãe (1999)

Você é a única pessoa que faltava a este filme.

You were the only person missing from this movie.

Eu encontrei a roda que faltava.

I found the missing wheel.

Para ser perfeita, só lhe faltava ter um defeito.

To be perfect, it only lacked one flaw.

Só faltava roubar uma coisa.

There was only one thing left to steal.

— Os Caras Malvados (2022)

Só nos faltava esta!

This is all we needed!

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Só faltava dar errado agora.

The last thing we needed was for things to go wrong.

— Oito e Meio (1963)

Faltava testemunha.

A witness was missing.

— Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro (2010)

Era o que faltava.

That was all we needed.

— Corra, Lola, Corra (1998)

Para ser perfeita, só lhe faltava um defeito.

To be perfect, it only lacked one flaw.

Deus, o que me faltava!

God, just what I needed!

— Mulheres à Beira de um Ataque de Nervos (1988)

Porque sabia que só assim encontraria a peça que faltava.

Because he knew that was the only way he would find the missing piece.

— Um Contratempo (2017)

Quanto faltava?

How much was left?

— Justiça Artificial (2026)

Em todas elas, faltava a metade.

In all of them, half was missing.

— Tudo Sobre Minha Mãe (1999)

Só faltava essa garota tola.

That silly girl was all we needed.

— Roma, Cidade Aberta (1945)

Comeu a que faltava?

Did he eat the one that was missing?

— O Hospedeiro (2006)

Faltava-nos um jogador.

We were missing one player.

Confessou quando notei que faltava.

He confessed when I noticed it was missing.

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)