incapacidad

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incapācitātem; in- +‎ capacidad. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese incapacidade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inkapaθiˈdad/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.θiˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inkapasiˈdad/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.siˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧dad

Noun

incapacidad f (plural incapacidades)

1. inability, incapability
2. disability, handicap

Antonyms

• capacidad

Related terms

• incapaz

 

Further reading

• “incapacidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10