deficiencia
Spanish, noun/defiˈθjenθja/
deficiencia is spelled D-E-F-I-C-I-E-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deficiencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “deficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estado, calidad o cualidad de deficiente”.
What does deficiencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeficiency
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado, calidad o cualidad de deficiente. 2. Dícese de la falta de ciertos nutrientes minerales que las plantas y vegetales necesitan para su desarrollo correcto.
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 deficiencia
- deficiencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deficiencia?
- /defiˈθjenθja/
- [d̪e.fiˈθjẽn̟.θja]
- /defiˈsjensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deficiencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deficiencia in Spanish?
deficiencia appears 3.3 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).