palta
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See also: Palta
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish faltar, from falta + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *fallitāre, formed from a root *fallitus, from Latin fallō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pal‧ta
Verb
[edit]palta
- to be absent from work, school, etc.
Noun
[edit]palta
- an absence
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:palta.
Finnish
[edit]Verb
[edit]palta
- inflection of palttaa:
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Mediterranean substrate word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palta f (plural palte)
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Lombard
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]palta f
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palta f (plural paltas)
- (Andes, Chile, Rioplatense, uncommon in Guatemala) avocado (fruit)
- (Peru, colloquial, slang) embarrassment, fear
- Synonym: vergüenza
- ¡Qué palta! ― How embarrassing!
Usage notes
[edit]The fruit of the avocado tree is referred to as palta. The tree itself is referred to as palto, though Ecuadorian Spanish uses aguacate.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]palta m (plural paltas)
- (historical, uncountable) Palta (extinct language)
Adjective
[edit]palta m or f (masculine and feminine plural paltas)
- (historical) relating to the Palta language or people
Further reading
[edit]- “palta”, 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
Idioma palta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Paltas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Turkmen
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baltu (“axe”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pal‧ta
Noun
[edit]palta (definite accusative paltany, plural paltalar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palta | paltalar |
| accusative | paltany | paltalary |
| genitive | paltanyň | paltalaryň |
| dative | paltā | paltalara |
| locative | paltada | paltalarda |
| ablative | paltadan | paltalardan |
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:Italian/alta
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