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sufficiente

sufficient

adjective soof-fee-CHEHN-teh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'sufficiens'

Also means

enough

Usage Note

Sufficiente ends in -e and works for both genders, pluralizing to sufficienti. In Italian schools it also names the lowest passing grade, hence insufficiente means a failing mark.

Examples

"Il tempo non è sufficiente."

Natural Translation

The time is not enough.

Literal Translation

The time not is sufficient.

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