deficiente
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See also: déficiente
Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deficiente (comparative plus deficiente, superlative le plus deficiente)
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- deficente (misspelling)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.
Adjective
[edit]deficiente (plural deficienti)
- (followed by di) deficient (in)
- half-witted
Noun
[edit]deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]dēficiente
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]deficiente m or f (plural deficientes)
- handicapped (having a handicap)
- Os empregados deficientes exigem vagas de estacionamento.
- Handicapped employees are demanding parking spaces.
- deficient (lacking resources or material)
- Synonyms: pobre, carente, deficitário
- Antonym: rico
- Este solo é deficiente em zinco.
- This soil is deficient in zinc.
Noun
[edit]deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficientes)
- disabled or handicapped person
- Os deficientes auditivos estão aprendendo linguagem de sinais.
- People with hearing disabilities are learning sign language.
- (derogatory) retarded, idiot
- Synonyms: def, tecla 3; see also Thesaurus:idiota
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /defiˈθjente/ [d̪e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /defiˈsjente/ [d̪e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧te
Adjective
[edit]deficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deficientes)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “deficiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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