deficiência

See also: deficiencia and deficiència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēficientia, from Latin dēficiēns. Compare Catalan deficiència, French déficience, Italian deficienza, Spanish deficiencia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fi.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fi.siˈẽ.si.a/ [de.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /de.fiˈsjẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: de‧fi‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

deficiência f (plural deficiências)

  1. disability, handicap
  2. deficiency, deficit
  3. shortcoming

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