"falte" meaning in Spanish

See falte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfalte/, [ˈfal̪.t̪e] Forms: faltes [plural]
Rhymes: -alte Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} falte m or f by sense (plural faltes)
  1. (South America) pedlar Tags: South-America, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-falte-es-noun-e-aWxTM2 Categories (other): South American Spanish, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfalte/, [ˈfal̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -alte Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} falte
  1. inflection of faltar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: faltar
    Sense id: en-falte-es-verb-vlUEQfIv Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 1 16 1 6 1 1 14 16 1 10 16 1 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 30 54 17 Disambiguation of Occupations: 36 57 8
  2. inflection of faltar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: faltar
    Sense id: en-falte-es-verb-IxU5gJCT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:",
          "text": "Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfalte/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfal̪.t̪e]"
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