falto

See also: Falto and faltó

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• (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: ફાલતુ (phāltu)
• → Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

  Hindi: फ़ालतू (fāltū)

  Urdu: فالْتُو (fāltū)

• → Marathi: फालतू (phāltū)

Etymology 2

Verb

falto

1. 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)

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

Derived terms

• falto de sueño

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025