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faltón

Spanish, noun/falˈton/

faltón is spelled F-A-L-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faltón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rude person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does faltón mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialrude

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinerude person

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no cumple con sus promesas, compromisos, deberes o citas. Que falta a ellas. 2. Que insulta al hablar, faltando al respeto. 3. Que traiciona al incumplir las normas o la lealtad. 4. Que falta o no asiste a clases o al trabajo.

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 faltón

  • faltona feminine
  • faltones masculine plural
  • faltonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce faltón?

  • /falˈton/
  • [fal̪ˈt̪õn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to faltón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is faltón in Spanish?

faltón appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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