deficiente

deficiente (comparative plus deficiente, superlative le plus deficiente)

1. deficient

• deficente (misspelling)

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)

1. (followed by di) deficient (in)
2. half-witted

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)

1. half-wit
2. moron, clot

• deficienza

dēficiente

1. ablative singular of dēficiēns

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

• Rhymes: -ẽti

deficiente m or f (plural deficientes)

1. disabled (having a disability), handicapped (having a handicap)

   Os empregados deficientes exigem vagas de estacionamento.

   Disabled employees are demanding parking spaces.

2. deficient (lacking resources or material)

   Synonyms: pobre, carente, deficitário

   Antonym: rico

   Este solo é deficiente em zinco.

   This soil is deficient in zinc.

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficientes)

1. disabled or handicapped person

   Os deficientes auditivos estão aprendendo linguagem de sinais.

   People with hearing disabilities are learning sign language.

2. (derogatory) retarded, idiot

   Synonyms: def, tecla 3; see also Thesaurus:idiota

• deficiência
• déficit

• “deficiente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “deficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.

• IPA^(key): /defiˈθjente/ [d̪e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /defiˈsjente/ [d̪e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧fi‧cien‧te

deficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deficientes)

1. deficient
2. unsatisfactory

• “deficiente”, 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