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) /defiˈsjensja/ [d̪e.fiˈsjẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧cia

Noun

deficiencia f (plural deficiencias)

deficiency

Derived terms

inmunodeficiencia f (“immunodeficiency”)

Related terms

deficiente

Further reading

“deficiencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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