imperfect

imperfect
im'pə:fikt
adjective
1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) imperfecto
2) ((also noun) (a verb) of the tense expressing an action or state in the past which is not completed: The verb `go' in `I was going' is in the imperfect tense.) imperfecto
•
- imperfection
imperfect adj imperfecto
imperfect
tr[ɪm'pɜːfekt]
adjective
1 (gen) imperfecto,-a; (goods, sight) defectuoso,-a
2 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL imperfecto,-a
noun the imperfect
1 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL el imperfecto
imperfect [ɪm'pərfɪkt] adj
: imperfecto, defectuoso
♦ imperfectly adv
imperfect
adj.
• defectivo, -a adj.
• defectuoso, -a adj.
• imperfecto, -a adj.
• pretérito imperfecto adj.
n.
• imperfecto s.m.

I ɪm'pɜːrfɪkt, ɪm'pɜːfɪkt
adjective
1) (flawed) imperfecto

these goods are slightly imperfect — estos artículos tienen algún pequeño defecto

2) (Ling) imperfecto

II
noun imperfecto m
[ɪm'pɜːfɪkt]
1. ADJ
1) (=faulty) [machine, product] defectuoso; [hearing, vision] deficiente; [understanding, world, method] imperfecto; [knowledge] incompleto, limitado; [reasoning] deficiente, incorrecto
2) (Ling) [tense] imperfecto
2.
N (Ling) imperfecto m

a verb in the imperfect — un verbo en imperfecto

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I [ɪm'pɜːrfɪkt, ɪm'pɜːfɪkt]
adjective
1) (flawed) imperfecto

these goods are slightly imperfect — estos artículos tienen algún pequeño defecto

2) (Ling) imperfecto

II
noun imperfecto m

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