defecto = defect masculine noun

defecto

masculine noun

English Translation of DEFECTO

1
: defect, flaw, shortcomingun defecto congénito a congenital defect el defecto que tiene es su mal genio his one fault or shortcoming is his bad temper su único defecto es que no sabe escribir a máquina his only shortcoming is that he can't type
2
en su defecto : lacking that, in the absence of thaten su defecto: Manolo, o en su defecto, Gonzalo Manolo, or failing him or failing that, Gonzalo por defecto by default

Examples of DEFECTO

    tiene un defecto de visión he has defective eyesight el defecto de tu teoría es su superficialidad the flaw in your theory is its superficiality tiene un defecto de fábrica o fabricación it's faulty or defective

Related to DEFECTO

Synonyms: falta, deficiencia, tacha, desperfecto, vicio, imperfección, falla; lacra
Antonyms: perfección, normalidad, virtud

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