falta

Borrowed from Spanish falta.

• IPA^(key): /falta/ [fal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta, -a
• Hyphenation: fal‧ta

falta ?

1. (sports) foul

• “falta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “falta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfal.ta]

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Compare Occitan fauta, Portuguese and Spanish falta, French faute.

falta f (plural faltes)

1. fault; error; mistake
2. lack, absence

   Synonyms: manca, mancança, mancament

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “falta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “falta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “falta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “falta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalta/ [ˈfɑl̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: fal‧ta

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute.

falta f (plural faltas)

1. lack, shortage

   Non che é eso, senón que están reloucando pola falta do voto.

   That's not your problem, but they are raving about the lack of the vote.

2. fault, defect
3. infraction

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of faltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “falta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “falta”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “falta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

fal +‎ -ta (personal suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒltɒ]
• Hyphenation: fal‧ta

falta

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of fal

falta

1. plural of fala

From Vulgar Latin *fallita, derived from Classical Latin fallō (“to deceive; to be mistaken”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: fàl‧ta

falta f (plural falte) (obsolete)

1. lack, shortage, deficiency

   Synonyms: (obsolete) diffalta, mancanza

2. error, fault

   Synonyms: (obsolete) diffalta, errore

• falta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Portuguese faltar and Spanish faltar and Kabuverdianu falta.

falta

1. to lack
2. to miss

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• Rhymes: -altɐ, -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: fal‧ta

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute.

falta f (plural faltas)

2. lack (the condition of not having, needing, or needing more of something)

   Synonym: (especially of something needed) carência

   Desmaiei por falta de água. ― I fainted due to lack of water.

   Nota-se a falta de problemas sociais nesta região. ― One can notice the lack of social issues in this region.

4. (education) absence; truancy (an instance of missing a class)

   Synonym: (also used in contexts other than classes) ausência

   Levei cinco faltas esse semestre. ― I got five absences this semester.

6. fault (a mistake, error, sin or transgression, especially a minor one)

   Sinto muito, foi uma falta minha. ― I’m sorry, it was my bad.

8. (sports) foul (breach of game rules)

   O goleiro teve que cometer uma falta para evitar o gol. ― The goalkeeper had to commit a foul to avoid the goal.

   Falta! ― Foul!

10. (soccer) direct free kick (free kick following a foul committed outside the penalty area)

    Quem vai bater a falta? ― Who will take the kick?

12. (only in sentir falta) the condition of missing someone or something

    Synonyms: saudade, saudades

    Sinto falta dos bons tempos. ― I miss the good old times.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falta.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. feminine singular of falto

• “falta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “falta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalta/ [ˈfal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: fal‧ta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from the feminine of *fallitus, 'vulgar' past participle of Latin fallere. The preservation of initial /f/ is irregular, but Coromines & Pascual reject the possibility of the word being borrowed. Compare Portuguese falta, Catalan falta, French faute.

falta f (plural faltas)

1. lack, shortage
   • 2024 October 21, Lucía Franco, “Los antiabortistas abren cinco locales alrededor de la Clínica Dator para multiplicar su acoso a mujeres embarazadas”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 October 2024:

     Desde la Asociación de clínicas acreditadas para la interrupción del embarazo (ACAI) aseguran que es imprescindible abordar ministerialmente la no resolución del problema, junto a otros asuntos tan importantes como la falta de formación profesional o los registros de objetores que están procurando una objeción a la carta que vulnera los derechos de las mujeres.

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2. absence
3. day absent
4. fault
5. (linguistics) mistake
6. (sports) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. inflection of faltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

falta

1. feminine singular of falto

• “falta”, 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
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “falta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 841

Borrowed from Spanish falta (“fault”). Compare Moroccan Arabic فالطة (fālṭa).

falta f (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵍⵜⴰ)

1. fault, mistake

   Synonym: reɣreḍ