eficiente
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin efficientem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [e.fi.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /e.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.fi.siˈẽ.te/ [e.fi.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /e.fiˈsjẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.fiˈsjẽ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: e‧fi‧ci‧en‧te
Adjective
eficiente m or f (plural eficientes)
- efficient (making good use of resources)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “eficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin efficientem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /efiˈθjente/ [e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /efiˈsjente/ [e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: e‧fi‧cien‧te
Adjective
eficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eficientes)
- efficient
- Antonym: ineficiente
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
eficiente
- inflection of eficientar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “eficiente”, 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