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