impacto

See also: impactó

Catalan

Verb

impacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of impactar

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impāctus.

Noun

impacto m (plural impactos)

1. crash, impact

   Synonym: choque

Latin

Participle

impāctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impāctus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpak.tu/, /ĩˈpa.ki.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpak.tu/, /ĩˈpa.ki.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpak.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpa.ktu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin impāctus.

Alternative forms

• impacte

Noun

impacto m (plural impactos)

1. impact; collision; shock

   Synonyms: batida, choque, colisão

2. (figurative) impact (significant or strong influence or effect)

   Synonym: impacção

Related terms

• impacção
• impactado
• impactante
• impactar
• impingir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

impacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of impactar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpaɡto/ [ĩmˈpaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: im‧pac‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin impāctus.

Noun

impacto m (plural impactos)

1. impact, brunt

   Todas las estaciones, prepárense para el impacto.

   All stations, prepare for impact.

   Afortunadamente, evitamos el impacto de la tormenta.

   Luckily, we avoided the brunt of the storm.

2. hit (e.g., bullets, artillery)

Derived terms

• cráter de impacto
• impactar
• impacto ambiental
• índice de impacto

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: impakto

Etymology 2

Verb

impacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of impactar

Further reading

• “impacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014