falencia

See also: falência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fallentia, plural of fallēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlenθja/ [faˈlẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /faˈlensja/ [faˈlẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fa‧len‧cia

Noun

falencia f (plural falencias)

1. error, goof-up

   Synonyms: error, yerro

2. defect

   Synonym: defecto

Further reading

• “falencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025