en su defecto
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en su deˈfeɡto/ [ẽn su ð̞eˈfeɣ̞.t̪o]
- Syllabification: en su de‧fec‧to
Adverb
- (idiomatic) in its abscence; if [something/someone] is missing; failing this
Further reading
- “en su defecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024