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yo faltaba

was missing, was lacking

→ faltar
falt be missing, be lacking + aba Imperfect past (I/he/she/you form)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #20,045
was missing, was lacking
SP: Faltaba una silla en la mesa.
EN: A chair was missing from the table.
Conjugation of faltar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First faltaba —
Third faltaba faltaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First faltaba —
Third faltaba faltaban

Dios, ¡esto era lo único que nos faltaba!

God, this is the only thing we were missing!

— Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

¿Cuánto faltaba?

How much time was left?

— Sin piedad (2026)

¿Nunca dijo por qué faltaba tanto al trabajo?

Did she ever say why she missed so much work?

— El nombre de la venganza (2002)

Solo faltaba eso para completar el desastre del día.

That was all that was needed to complete the disaster of the day.

Faltaba a clase para poder estar más tiempo con él.

I used to skip class so I could spend more time with him.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Lo que nos faltaba, perdernos esa cena.

The last thing we needed was to miss that dinner.

— State and Main (2000)

Yo debía empezar de inmediato a construir el ala que faltaba.

I was supposed to start building the missing wing right away.

No nos faltaba más que esto.

This is all we needed.

— Nazarín (1959)

Faltaba la mitad.

Half was missing.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Lo que nos faltaba.

That's all we needed.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Nos faltaba un jugador.

We were missing a player.

Pero faltaba un diente.

But one tooth was missing.

— La Empleada (2025)

Esto faltaba.

This was missing.

La tabla que faltaba en la Casa Blanca.

The missing table in the White House.

Ella miró su celular y se dio cuenta de que ya faltaba un cuarto para las dos.

She looked at her cell phone and realized it was already a quarter to two.

¿No vieron que faltaba antes de salir a correr?

Didn't you see that it was missing before you went out for a run?

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

A todas les faltaba la mitad.

They were all missing half.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

No faltaba ningún estudiante.

No student was missing.

Sólo nos faltaba eso.

That's all we needed.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)