insuficiente
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin insufficiens.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: in‧su‧fi‧cien‧te
Adjective
[edit]insuficiente m or f (plural insuficientes)
- insufficient
- Antonym: suficiente
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “insuficiente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- insufficiente (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin īnsufficientem.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]insuficiente m or f (plural insuficientes)
- insufficient (not sufficient)
- Antonym: suficiente
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 70:
- Como as cadeiras eram insufficientes, eu e o vigario ficámos de pé. O sargento trouxe a collecção de amostras.
- Since the chairs were insufficient, the vicar and I stood. The sergeant and brought the collection of samples.
- 2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner, E o rádio? : novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 130:
- Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelho mini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muito material licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instalados software de programas de captação e edição de áudio.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “insuficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin īnsufficientem, equivalent to in- + suficiente.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /insufiˈθjente/ [ĩn.su.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /insufiˈsjente/ [ĩn.su.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: in‧su‧fi‧cien‧te
Adjective
[edit]insuficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural insuficientes)
- insufficient
- Antonym: suficiente
- 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- Gilberto Herrero Mejía, otro migrante proveniente de Venezuela, denunció que en su país la situación es crítica y el dinero no alcanza para nada, pues en su caso, se dedicaba a manejar un autobús con un sueldo de 10 a 15 dólares, lo cual era insuficiente para poder sobrevivir.
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Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “insuficiente”, 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
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