falto
Spanish, adjective
falto is spelled F-A-L-T-O (5 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,927th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falto is a Spanish adjective meaning “lacking, deficient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of faltar. With an accent, faltó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of faltar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “carente”.
What does falto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lacking, deficient
- 2
stupid
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of faltar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of faltar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. carente. 2. mezquino.
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 falto
- falta feminine
- faltos masculine plural
- faltas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is falto in Spanish?
falto appears 7.4 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).