palta
See also: Palta
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish faltar, from falta + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *fallitāre, formed from a root *fallitus, from Latin fallō.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pal‧ta
Verb edit
palta
- to be absent from work, school, etc.
Noun edit
palta
- an absence
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:palta.
Finnish edit
Verb edit
palta
- inflection of palttaa:
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a Mediterranean substrate word.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
palta f (plural palte)
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
palta f
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
palta f (plural paltas)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) avocado (fruit)
- (Peru) embarrassment, fear
- Synonym: vergüenza
- qué palta! ― how embarrassing!
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Noun edit
palta m (plural paltas)
- (historical, uncountable) Palta (extinct language)
Adjective edit
palta m or f (masculine and feminine plural paltas)
- (historical) relating to the Palta language or people
Further reading edit
- “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