noun, feminine/defiˈθjenθja/plural: deficiencias
deficiency
Related: inmunodeficiencia
Etymology tree Latin dēficiens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēficientialbor. Spanish deficiencia Learned borrowing from Latin dēficientia. Compare Catalan deficiència, French déficience, Italian deficienza, Portuguese deficiência.