defecto
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de persona] (físico) defect; (de personalidad) fault; shortcoming
un defecto congénito a congenital defect; el defecto que tiene es su mal genio his one fault shortcoming is his bad temper;o the one flaw in his character is his bad temper
su único defecto es que no sabe escribir a máquina his only shortcoming is that he can't type
defecto de fonación defecto del habla defecto de pronunciación speech defect; speech impediment
defecto de visión
tiene un defecto de visión he has defective eyesight
defecto físico physical defect
2 [de máquina, sistema] fault; [de tela, vestido, ornamento] flaw; defect
el defecto de tu teoría es su superficialidad the flaw in your theory is its superficiality; tiene un defecto de fábrica fabricacióno it has a manufacturing defect fault;o it's faulty defective;o
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en su defecto: Manolo, o en su defecto, Gonzalo Manolo, or failing him failing that, Gonzalo;o por defecto (Informática) by default
pecar por defecto
antes no paraba de hablar y ahora peca por defecto before, she never stopped talking, and now she's gone to the other extreme she's gone too far the other way;o
más vale pecar por exceso que por defecto too much is better than too little
