falto

See also: Falto and faltó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfal.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfal.to]

Verb

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalto/ [ˈfɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: fal‧to

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)

1. (usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of faltar

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish falto (“lacking; stupid”).

Noun

fǎlto

1. an insane person
2. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.tu/ [ˈfaʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.tu/ [ˈfaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.to/ [ˈfaʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.tu/ [ˈfaɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
• Hyphenation: fal‧to

Etymology 1

Adjective

falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)

1. (usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ફાલતૂ (phāltū)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ालतू (fāltū)

  Urdu: فالْتُو (fāltū)

  • → Bengali: ফালতু (phaltu)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਾਲਤੂ (fāltū)

  Shahmukhi script: فالتو (fāltū)

Etymology 2

Verb

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar

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)

1. lacking, deficient
2. (Andalusia, El Salvador, Honduras) stupid

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

falto

1. 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10