defecto
Spanish, noun/deˈfeɡto/
defecto is spelled D-E-F-E-C-T-O (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defecto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “defect, fault, deficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falla en la forma, o constitución de algo”.
What does defecto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefect, fault, deficiency
- 2
masculineflaw, imperfection
- 3
masculinedefault
por defecto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falla en la forma, o constitución de algo. 2. Falla o imperfección física, moral o intelectual de una persona. 3. Ausencia de alguna propiedad o cualidad de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of defecto
- defectos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defecto?
- /deˈfeɡto/
- [d̪eˈfeɣ̞.t̪o]
- [d̪eˈfekt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defecto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defecto in Spanish?
defecto appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).