falto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈfal.tu]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfal.to]
=== Verb ===
falto
first-person singular present indicative of faltar
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfalto/ [ˈfɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
Rhymes: -alto
Hyphenation: fal‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
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==== Adjective ====
falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)
(usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
falto
first-person singular present indicative of faltar
(reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of faltar
== Mezquital Otomi ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish falto (“lacking; stupid”).
=== Noun ===
fǎlto
an insane person
a careless person
=== References ===
Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010), Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)[1] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 60
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
Hyphenation: fal‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Adjective ====
falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)
(usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)
===== Descendants =====
→ Gujarati: ફાલતુ (phāltu)
→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)
Hindi: फ़ालतू (fāltū)
Urdu: فالْتُو (fāltū)
→ Marathi: फालतू (phāltū)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
falto
first-person singular present indicative of faltar
=== Further reading ===
“falto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“falto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfalto/ [ˈfal̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -alto
Syllabification: fal‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
From verb faltar.
==== Adjective ====
falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)
lacking, deficient
(Andalusia, El Salvador, Honduras) stupid
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
falto
first-person singular present indicative of faltar
=== Further reading ===
“falto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025