falta
Spanish, noun
falta is spelled F-A-L-T-A (5 letters) and appears 275 times per million words in written Spanish, the 293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lack, shortage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of faltar. With an accent, faltá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of faltar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Carencia”.
What does falta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelack, shortage
- 2
feminineabsence
- 3
feminineday absent
- 4
femininefault
- 5
femininemistake
- 6
femininefoul
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of falto
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of faltar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carencia. 2. Inasistencia, ausencia de una persona en el sitio en donde se espera que esté, principalmente el trabajo. 3. Por extensión, ausencia de la menstruación durante el embarazo. 4. Nota con la que se constata la ausencia de una persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falta
- faltas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to falta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falta in Spanish?
falta appears 275 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).