Meanings (ES + gloss)
fallo
A failure to physically hit.
"I ran from one place to another, and as it was not difficult to get a shot at him, I fired several times, but only made miss after miss."
In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
seño • señorita
An unmarried woman; a girl.
While thus the fiends, with wily art, Adroitly stole upon the heart, And with their complaisance, and tales, Had ruind more than half the males, Gay Vanity, with smiles, and kisses…
Meanings (ES + gloss)
seño • señorita
A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
Meanings (ES + gloss)
errar • fallar • marrar
To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
dejar pasar • desaprovechar • faltar a • perderse
To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
Joe missed the meeting this morning.
añorar • echar de menos • extrañar • hacer falta • missear (misear)
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
I miss going for walks along the beach.
I miss you! Come home soon!
no entender
To fail to understand.
to miss the joke
pasar por alto • pasársele
To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
faltar
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
The car is missing essential features.
This jigsaw is missing several pieces.
Phrases
I miss youI never missamissblink-and-you'll-miss-itblink-and-you-miss-ithit-and-misshit-or-misshit-or-miss transformmisfiremiss a beatmiss a trickmiss firemiss offmiss one's guessmiss one's tipmiss oneselfmiss outmiss someone's pointmiss staysmiss the boatmiss the busmiss the forest for the treesmiss the markmiss the memomiss the pointmiss the wood for the treesmiss the woods for the treesmiss-meal colicmissablemissingnot know what one is missingyou don't miss the water till the well runs dryyou miss 100% of the shots you don't takeyou never miss the water till the well runs dryyou never miss the water until the well runs dry