deficiencia

See also: deficiència, and deficiência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēficientia. Compare Catalan deficiència, French déficience, Italian deficienza, Portuguese deficiência.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /defiˈθjenθja/ [d̪e.fiˈθjẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /defiˈsjensja/ [d̪e.fiˈsjẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧cia

Noun

deficiencia f (plural deficiencias)

1. deficiency

Derived terms

• inmunodeficiencia f (“immunodeficiency”)

 

Related terms

• deficiente

 

Further reading

• “deficiencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28