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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
falto
- first-person singular present indicative of faltar
Mezquital Otomi
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish falto (“lacking; stupid”).
Noun
fǎlto
- an insane person
- 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) (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 60
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
- Hyphenation: fal‧to
Etymology 1
Adjective
falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)
- (usually with de) in need (of) (lacking something)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
falto
- first-person singular present indicative of faltar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfalto/
- Rhymes: -alto
- Syllabification: fal‧to
Etymology 1
From verb faltar.
Adjective
falto (feminine falta, masculine plural faltos, feminine plural faltas)
- lacking, deficient
- (Andalusia, El Salvador, Honduras) stupid
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
falto
- first-person singular present indicative of faltar
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