Polyglot Dictionary

excedente

/eseˈdẽtʃi/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os excedentes

Meaning

  1. surplus

    • Há excedente de produção.

      There's a production surplus.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

superávit

excedente is more general, a surplus of goods or production; superávit is more specifically financial or economic, a budget surplus.

Similar in other languages

German

Überschuss

Überschuss is the German word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Spanish

excedente

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

Spanish

sobra

sobra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Practice

1 What does excedente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ de produção.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches excedente?

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