ineficiente

Portuguese

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Portuguese in-

Latin efficientembor.

Portuguese eficiente

Portuguese ineficiente

From in- + eficiente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ne.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/, (faster) /i.ne.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• Hyphenation: i‧ne‧fi‧ci‧en‧te

Adjective

ineficiente m or f (plural ineficientes)

1. inefficient

Related terms

• ineficiência

Further reading

• “ineficiente”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ineficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish in-

Latin efficientembor.

Spanish eficiente

Spanish ineficiente

From in- + eficiente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inefiˈθjente/ [i.ne.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inefiˈsjente/ [i.ne.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: i‧ne‧fi‧cien‧te

Adjective

ineficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural ineficientes)

1. inefficient

   Antonym: eficiente

Derived terms

• ineficientemente

Related terms

• ineficiencia

Further reading

• “ineficiente”, 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