inconveniente
Italian
Etymology
From Latin inconvenientem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kon.veˈnjɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: in‧con‧ve‧nièn‧te
Noun
inconveniente m (plural inconvenienti)
- problem, trouble, hassle, hitch
- Synonyms: problema, guaio, contrattempo, incidente
- drawback, disadvantage
- Synonym: svantaggio
Related terms
- convenire
- inconvenienza
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inconvenientem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.ve.niˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.kõ.ve.nɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.veˈnjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.ve.niˈẽ.te/ [ĩ.kõ.ve.nɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.veˈnjẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.vɨˈnjẽ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.bɨˈnjẽ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: in‧con‧ve‧ni‧en‧te
Noun
inconveniente m (plural inconvenientes)
- nuisance; inconvenience (minor annoyance)
- Synonyms: incômodo, distúrbio, inconveniência
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inconvenientem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkombeˈnjente/ [ĩŋ.kõm.beˈnjẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: in‧con‧ve‧nien‧te
Adjective
inconveniente m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconvenientes)
- inconvenient
- Synonym: incómodo
- Antonym: conveniente
- 2016, Wilson Mariño, Cómo manejar la economía de su hogar, AGUILAR, →ISBN:
- Se considera que una deuda es inconveniente cuando se adquiere un bien o servicio que no producirá ninguna ganancia.
- A debt is considered inconvenient when it acquires a good or service that will not produce any profit.
Noun
inconveniente m (plural inconvenientes)
- problem, trouble
- Synonym: problema
- 2016, Maribel Carvajal, La ciudad de los libros prohibidos, Kailas Editorial, →ISBN:
- No tengo inconveniente en utilizar un método u otro, a mí me da igual...
- I have no problem using one method or another, it doesn't matter to me...
- drawback (disadvantage)
- Synonym: desventaja
- 2005, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, La construcción de puentes en el siglo XVIII, Reverte, →ISBN, page 143:
- Todas estas curvaturas, aunque tengan el arranque a nivel de la superficie de las aguas bajas, o ligeramente por encima, como suele ser lo habitual, tienen el inconveniente de reducir el paso del agua […]
- All these curvatures, even if they have their foot at the surface level of shallow waters, or slightly above, as tends to be the norm, have the drawback of reducing the flow of water […]
Related terms
Further reading
- “inconveniente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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