palta

See also: Palta

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish faltar, from falta +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *fallitāre, formed from a root *fallitus, from Latin fallō.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pal‧ta

Verb

palta

1. to be absent from work, school, etc.

Noun

palta

1. an absence

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:palta.

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Finnish

Verb

palta

1. Indicative present connegative form of palttaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of palttaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palttaa.

Anagrams

• lapat, palat

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Italian

Etymology

From a Mediterranean substrate word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: pàl‧ta

Noun

palta f (plural palte)

1. swamp, bayou

Related terms

• acquitrino
• melma, fanghiglia, mota
• brago, belletta, melletta

Anagrams

• talpa

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian palta.

Noun

palta f

1. mud

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Spanish

palta (1)

Common names for avocado in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua pallta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalta/ [ˈpal̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Peru)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: pal‧ta

Noun

palta f (plural paltas)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) avocado (fruit)

   Synonyms: aguacate, (Philippines) avocado, (Colombia, dated) cura

2. (Peru) embarrassment, fear

   Synonym: vergüenza

   qué palta! ― how embarrassing!

Related terms

• palto
• paltón

Noun

palta m (plural paltas)

1. (historical, uncountable) Palta (extinct language)

Adjective

palta (plural paltas)

1. (historical) relating to the Palta language or people

Further reading

• “palta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Idioma palta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Paltas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es