falto

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

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalto/ [ˈfɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: fal‧to

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falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)

1. (usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of faltar

Borrowed from Spanish falto (“lacking; stupid”).

fǎlto

1. an insane person
2. a careless person

• 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

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
• Hyphenation: fal‧to

falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)

1. (usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)

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

  Hindi: फ़ालतू (fāltū)

  Urdu: فالْتُو (fāltū)

• → Marathi: फालतू (phāltū)

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalto/ [ˈfal̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: fal‧to

From verb faltar.

falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falto

1. first-person singular present indicative of faltar

• “falto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024