insuficiência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.su.fi.siˈẽ.sjɐ/
insuficiência is spelled I-N-S-U-F-I-C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insuficiência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “insufficiency, inadequacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquilo que é insuficiente”.
What does insuficiência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsufficiency, inadequacy
- 2
femininefailure
- 3
feminineshortcoming, defect
- 4
feminineincompetence
- 5
femininescarcity, paucity, shortfall
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade daquilo que é insuficiente 2. ineptidão; incapacidade
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 insuficiência
- insuficiências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insuficiência?
- Brazil /ĩ.su.fi.siˈẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.su.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.su.fiˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insuficiência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insuficiência in Portuguese?
insuficiência appears 5.5 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).