falto

See also: Falto and faltó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.tu/

Verb

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative form 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

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014