incompetencia
Spanish, noun/inkompeˈtenθja/
incompetencia is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incompetencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “incompetence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta de competencia o jurisdicción”.
What does incompetencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincompetence
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta de competencia o jurisdicción.
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 incompetencia
- incompetencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incompetencia?
- /inkompeˈtenθja/
- [ĩŋ.kõm.peˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- /inkompeˈtensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incompetencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incompetencia in Spanish?
incompetencia appears 3.6 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).