incompetente

See also: incompétente

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.kom.peˈtɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pe‧tèn‧te

Adjective

incompetente (plural incompetenti)

1. incompetent
2. (law) lacking jurisdiction

Derived terms

• incompetentemente
• incompetenza

Noun

incompetente m or f by sense (plural incompetenti)

1. incompetent

   Synonym: incapace

   Antonym: competente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɨˈtẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pe‧ten‧te

Adjective

incompetente m or f (plural incompetentes)

1. incompetent (lacking normally expected degree of ability)

   Synonyms: inapto, incapaz

   Antonym: competente

Derived terms

• incompetência

Noun

incompetente m or f by sense (plural incompetentes)

1. an incompetent person

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkompeˈtente/ [ĩŋ.kõm.peˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: in‧com‧pe‧ten‧te

Adjective

incompetente m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompetentes)

1. incompetent

   Antonym: competente

Related terms

• incompetencia

Further reading

• “incompetente”, 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