deficiencia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēficientia. Compare Catalan deficiència, French déficience, Italian deficienza, Portuguese deficiência.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /defiˈθjenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /defiˈsjensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧cia

Noun

deficiencia f (plural deficiencias)

  1. deficiency

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