incompetente

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See also: incompétente

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kom.peˈtɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: in‧com‧pe‧tèn‧te

Adjective

incompetente (plural incompetenti)

  1. incompetent
  2. (law) lacking jurisdiction

Derived terms

Noun

incompetente m or f by sense (plural incompetenti)

  1. incompetent
    Synonym: incapace
    Antonym: competente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.te/

  • Hyphenation: in‧com‧pe‧ten‧te

Adjective

incompetente m or f (plural incompetentes)

  1. incompetent (lacking normally expected degree of ability)
    Synonyms: inapto, incapaz
    Antonym: competente

Derived terms

Noun

incompetente m or f by sense (plural incompetentes)

  1. an incompetent person

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incompetentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkompeˈtente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: in‧com‧pe‧ten‧te

Adjective

incompetente m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompetentes)

  1. incompetent
    Antonym: competente

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