deficiente

See also: déficiente

Interlingua

Adjective

deficiente (comparative plus deficiente, superlative le plus deficiente)

1. deficient

Italian

Alternative forms

• deficente (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

Adjective

deficiente (plural deficienti)

1. (followed by di) deficient (in)
2. half-witted

Noun

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)

1. half-wit
2. moron, clot

Related terms

• deficienza

Latin

Participle

dēficiente

1. ablative singular of dēficiēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [de.fi.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [de.fi.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fi.siˈẽ.te/ [de.fi.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /de.fiˈsjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fiˈsjẽ.tɨ/

Adjective

deficiente m or f (plural deficientes)

1. handicapped (having a handicap)

   Os empregados deficientes exigem vagas de estacionamento.

   Handicapped employees are demanding parking spaces.

2. deficient (lacking resources or material)

   Synonyms: pobre, carente, deficitário

   Antonym: rico

   Este solo é deficiente em zinco.

   This soil is deficient in zinc.

Noun

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficientes)

1. disabled or handicapped person

   Os deficientes auditivos estão aprendendo linguagem de sinais.

   People with hearing disabilities are learning sign language.

2. (derogatory) retarded, idiot

   Synonyms: def, tecla 3; see also Thesaurus:idiota

Related terms

• deficiência
• déficit

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /defiˈθjente/ [d̪e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /defiˈsjente/ [d̪e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧te

Adjective

deficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deficientes)

1. deficient
2. unsatisfactory

Derived terms

• deficientemente

 

Related terms

• deficiencia

 

Further reading

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