Polyglot Dictionary

excedente

/eksseˈðente/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los excedentes

Meaning

  1. surplus

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

superávit

superávit is specifically a financial or economic term, like a budget surplus; excedente is more general, any kind of surplus, like excess inventory.

sobra

sobra, usually plural "sobras," means leftovers, like food leftovers; excedente is more formal, an economic or production surplus.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

excedente

excedente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Portuguese

superávit

superávit is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Practice

1 What does excedente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay ___ de producción.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches excedente?

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