palta

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

• Hyphenation: pal‧ta

palta

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

palta

1. an absence

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palta

1. Indicative present connegative form of palttaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of palttaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palttaa.

• lapat, palat

From a Mediterranean substrate word.

palta f (plural palte)

1. swamp, bayou

• acquitrino
• melma, fanghiglia, mota
• brago, belletta, melletta

Borrowed from Quechua pallta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalta/, [ˈpal̪t̪a]

palta f (plural paltas)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) avocado (fruit)

• aguacate

• palto
• paltón