defecto = defect masculine noun
masculine noun
English Translation of DEFECTO
1
: defect, flaw, shortcoming
un defecto congénitoa congenital defect
el defecto que tiene es su mal geniohis one fault or shortcoming is his bad temper
su único defecto es que no sabe escribir a máquinahis only shortcoming is that he can't type
tiene un defecto de visiónhe has defective eyesight
el defecto de tu teoría es su superficialidadthe flaw in your theory is its superficiality
tiene un defecto de fábrica o fabricaciónit's faulty or defective
2
en su defecto
: lacking that, in the absence of that
en su defecto: Manolo, o en su defecto, GonzaloManolo, or failing him or failing that, Gonzalo
por defectoby default
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