palta

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish faltar, from falta +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *fallitāre, formed from a root *fallitus, from Latin fallō.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pal‧ta

Verb

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palta

  1. to be absent from work, school, etc.

Noun

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palta

  1. an absence

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:palta.

Finnish

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Verb

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palta

  1. inflection of palttaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a Mediterranean substrate word.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.ta/
  • Rhymes: -alta
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧ta

Noun

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palta f (plural palte)

  1. swamp, bayou
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Anagrams

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Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian palta.

Noun

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palta f

  1. mud

Spanish

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palta (1)
Common names for avocado in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua pallta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpalta/ [ˈpal̪.t̪a]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alta
  • Syllabification: pal‧ta

Noun

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palta f (plural paltas)

  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) avocado (fruit)
    Synonyms: aguacate, (Philippines) avocado, (Colombia, dated) cura
  2. (Peru) embarrassment, fear
    Synonym: vergüenza
    qué palta!how embarrassing!
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Noun

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palta m (plural paltas)

  1. (historical, uncountable) Palta (extinct language)

Adjective

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palta m or f (masculine and feminine plural paltas)

  1. (historical) relating to the Palta language or people

Further reading

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