el
masculine
/deˈfekto/
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Translation
defect
Word origin
From Latin defectus ('failure, lack'), from deficere ('to fail, be lacking'), from de plus facere ('to do, make'). The same root gives English 'defect' and 'deficient'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- defectus
- English cognates
- defect, deficient
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraldefectos
Examples
.
The car has a small factory defect.
impaciencia.
His only fault is impatience.
.
The program opens like this by default.
algún .
Nobody is free of some flaw.
¿ algún ?
Did you notice any defect in the fabric?
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