efetuar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- efeituar
- efectuar (pre-1990 spelling)
- effectuar (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin effectuāre; compare French effectuer, Italian effettuare, Spanish and Catalan efectuar. From Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“to effect, to execute, to complete, to accomplish”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.fe.tuˈa(ʁ)/ [e.fe.tʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /e.feˈtwa(ʁ)/ [e.feˈtwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.fe.tuˈa(ɾ)/ [e.fe.tʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.feˈtwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.fe.tuˈa(ʁ)/ [e.fe.tʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.feˈtwa(ʁ)/ [e.feˈtwa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.fe.tuˈa(ɻ)/ [e.fe.tʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.feˈtwa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fɛˈtwaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fɛˈtwa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: e‧fe‧tu‧ar
Verb
efetuar (first-person singular present efetuo, first-person singular preterite efetuei, past participle efetuado)
- to carry out, accomplish
- to do, perform
Conjugation
Conjugation of efetuar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “efetuar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “efetuar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “efetuar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “efetuar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “efetuar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “efetuar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “efetuar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025