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excedente

surplus

adjective noun eks-seh-DEN-teh Rare

Also means

excess

Usage Note

Excedente functions both as an adjective ('surplus/excess') and as a noun ('a surplus'). In labour contexts, trabajadores excedentes are surplus workers made redundant; in economics, excedente de producción is overproduction. When used as a noun it is masculine: el excedente.

Examples

"El país exportó el excedente de trigo."

Natural Translation

The country exported the wheat surplus.

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