faltoso
Portuguese, adjective/fawˈto.zu/
faltoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wrongful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em que há falta”.
What does faltoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wrongful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em que há falta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faltoso
- faltosa feminine
- faltosos masculine plural
- faltosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faltoso?
- Brazil /fawˈto.zu/
- Brazil [faʊ̯ˈto.zu]
- Portugal /falˈto.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faltoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faltoso in Portuguese?
faltoso appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).