Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + suficiência.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.su.fi.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [ĩ.su.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.su.fi.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [ĩ.su.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.su.fi.siˈẽ.si.a/ [ĩ.su.fi.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.fiˈsjẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: in‧su‧fi‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a
insuficiência f (plural insuficiências)
- insufficiency, inadequacy
- failure
- shortcoming, defect
- incompetence
- scarcity, paucity, shortfall