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fiabilidad

reliability, dependability

noun fyah-bee-lee-DAHD Rare

Usage Note

Fiabilidad is the standard Spanish term for reliability or trustworthiness, especially for systems, data, or sources (fiabilidad de los datos = data reliability). In Latin America confiabilidad is more common in technical contexts. The related adjective is fiable (reliable), which is primarily a Spain usage; Latin America favors confiable.

Examples

"La fiabilidad del sistema se ha puesto en duda."

Natural Translation

The reliability of the system has been called into question.

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