eficaz
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- efficaz (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.fiˈka(j)s/ [e.fiˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.fiˈka(j)ʃ/ [e.fiˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fiˈkaʃ/, /ɛ.fiˈkaʃ/
- Hyphenation: e‧fi‧caz
Adjective
eficaz m or f (plural eficazes)
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin efficācem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /efiˈkaθ/ [e.fiˈkaθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /efiˈkas/ [e.fiˈkas] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -as (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: e‧fi‧caz
Adjective
eficaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural eficaces)
- efficacious
- effective
- Synonym: efectivo
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “eficaz”, 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