defecto
Latin
Adjective
dēfectōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DEFECTOCategory:Latin adjective forms#DEFECTOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEFECTOCategory:Pages with entries#DEFECTOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DEFECTO
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DEFECTO dēfectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈfeɡto/ [d̪eˈfeɣ̞.t̪o]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DEFECTO
- Rhymes: -eɡtoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡto#DEFECTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡto/3 syllables#DEFECTO
- Syllabification: de‧fec‧to
Noun
defecto m (plural defectos)Category:Spanish lemmas#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish nouns#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DEFECTOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#DEFECTOCategory:Pages with entries#DEFECTOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DEFECTO
- defect, fault, deficiency
- Synonym: carencia
- flaw, imperfection
- Synonyms: imperfección, pifia
- (computingCategory:es:Computing#DEFECTO, technologyCategory:es:Technology#DEFECTO) default
- por defecto ― by defaultCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#DEFECTO
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “defecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025