Spanish Conversation · Level 97
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Spanish word
insuficiencia
Pronunciation
IPA/insufiˈθjenθja/
Meaning
- feminine nounshortage
Example
Tenemos insuficiencia de recursos para terminar el proyecto.
We have a shortage of resources to finish the project.
More examples
El informe destacó insuficiencia de fondos para las actividades comunitarias.
The report highlighted a funding shortage for community activities.
Core concept
Gap below a required level.
Common phrases
insuficiencia de fondos
funding shortage
insuficiencia financiera
financial shortfall
insuficiencia de apoyo
shortage of support
Similar words
falta: Lack of sufficient amount or items needed in everyday situations.
escasez: Markedly low availability of a resource or commodity.
carencia: Missing a necessary element, condition, or capability.
Definition in Spanish
Situación en que algo no alcanza la cantidad o el nivel de calidad requeridos para un objetivo.
Word origin
From Latin insufficientia, formed from in- 'not' plus sufficientia 'sufficiency' (from the verb sufficere), literally meaning 'not enough'.
Usage tips
- Common in formal and technical registers and often appears as 'insuficiencia de X' (insuficiencia de recursos); in casual speech 'falta de' or 'escasez de' is more natural.
Other meanings
- lacknoun
- insufficiencynoun
Opposites
- suficienciasufficiencynoun
Related words
- insuficienteinsufficientadjective
- insuficientementeinsufficientlyadverb