falto

See also: Falto and faltó

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfal.tu]

IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfal.to]

Verb

falto

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)‎ (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 60

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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

Adjective

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

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

Descendants

→ Hindi: फ़ालतू (fāltū)
- → Bengali: ফালতু (phaltu)

Verb

falto

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)

lacking, deficient
(Andalusia, El Salvador, Honduras) stupid

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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