insuficiencia

See also: insuficiência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsufficientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insufiˈθjenθja/ [ĩn.su.fiˈθjẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insufiˈsjensja/ [ĩn.su.fiˈsjẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧su‧fi‧cien‧cia

Noun

insuficiencia f (plural insuficiencias)

1. deficiency, lack
2. (medicine) failure (of an organ)

Related terms

• insuficiente

Further reading

• “insuficiencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10