efetivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- efectivo (pre-1990 spelling)
- effectivo (pre-standardization spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.feˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.feˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fɛˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fɛˈti.bu/ [i.fɛˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: e‧fe‧ti‧vo
Etymology 1
Adjective
efetivo (feminine efetiva, masculine plural efetivos, feminine plural efetivas)
- effective, functional
- permanent
- Synonym: permanente
- Antonyms: temporário, efémero
- true, real, existent
- Synonyms: verdadeiro, real, existente
- Antonyms: falso, irreal, inexistente, fictício
Noun
efetivo m (plural efetivos, feminine efetiva, feminine plural efetivas)
- one who occupies a permanent post
- that which truly exists or works
- each of the individuals who comprise a group
- (law) fixed capital of a company
Etymology 2
Verb
efetivo
- first-person singular present indicative of efetivar