efectivamente

Portuguese

Etymology

From efectivo +‎ -mente.

Adverb

efectivamente (comparative mais efectivamente superlative o mais efectivamente)

1. Superseded spelling of efetivamente. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

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Spanish

Etymology

From efectivo +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efeɡˌtibaˈmente/, [e.feɣ̞ˌt̪i.β̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: e‧fec‧ti‧va‧men‧te

Adverb

efectivamente

1. effectively
2. indeed, quite right

Further reading

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