incapacidad

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incapācitātem; in- +‎ capacidad. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese incapacidade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkapaθiˈdad/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.θiˈð̞að̞] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inkapasiˈdad/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.siˈð̞að̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧dad

Noun

incapacidad f (plural incapacidades)

1. inability, incapability
2. disability, handicap

Antonyms

• capacidad

Related terms

• incapaz

Further reading

• “incapacidad”, 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