falte

See also: Falte and falté

Galician

Verb

falte

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of faltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -altə

Verb

falte

1. inflection of falten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.te/
• Rhymes: -alte
• Hyphenation: fàl‧te

Noun

falte f

1. plural of falta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.te/ [ˈfaʊ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.tɨ/ [ˈfaɫ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: fal‧te

Verb

falte

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalte/ [ˈfal̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: fal‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

falte m or f by sense (plural faltes)

1. (South America) pedlar
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:

     Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

falte

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “falte”, 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
• “falte”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010