déficit
Portuguese, noun
déficit is spelled D-É-F-I-C-I-T (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déficit is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deficit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, deficit is a different word: “alternative form of déficit”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que falta ou está em falta”.
What does déficit mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinedeficit
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of déficit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver défice
noun: 1. o que falta ou está em falta 2. saldo negativo entre receitas e despesas; diferença assumida, num orçamento, entre a previsão de receitas e a previsão de despesas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of déficit
- deficits plural
- déficits plural
- deficit alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to déficit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déficit in Portuguese?
déficit appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).