faltante

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin *fallitus

Vulgar Latin *fallita

Old Galician-Portuguese falta

Portuguese falta

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese faltar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Old Galician-Portuguese -ante

Portuguese -ante

Portuguese faltante

From faltar + -ante.

Adjective

faltante m or f (plural faltantes)

1. missing; lacking

Further reading

• “faltante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “faltante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Spanish faltar

Spanish faltar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish faltante

From faltar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈtante/ [fal̪ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: fal‧tan‧te

Adjective

faltante m or f (masculine and feminine plural faltantes)

1. missing; lacking

   Synonym: carente

Further reading

• “faltante”, 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