defecto
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dēfectō
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Latin dēfectus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]defecto m (plural defectos)
- defect, fault, deficiency
- Synonym: carencia
- flaw, imperfection
- Synonyms: imperfección, pifia
- (computing, technology) default
- por defecto ― by default
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɡto
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