efectivo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin effectīvus.

Adjective

efectivo m (feminine singular efectiva, masculine plural efectivos, feminine plural efectivas)

1. effective
2. real, true

Related terms

• efectivamente
• efecto
• eficaz

 

Noun

efectivo m (plural efectivos)

1. cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.)

Derived terms

• en efectivo

Further reading

• “efectivo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

efectivo (feminine efectiva, masculine plural efectivos, feminine plural efectivas)

1. Superseded spelling of efetivo. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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.)

Noun

efectivo m (plural efectivos, feminine efectiva, feminine plural efectivas)

1. Superseded spelling of efetivo. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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.)

Etymology 2

Verb

efectivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of efectivar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin effectīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efeɡˈtibo/ [e.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: e‧fec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

efectivo (feminine efectiva, masculine plural efectivos, feminine plural efectivas)

1. effective
2. real, true

Derived terms

• efectivamente
• efectividad
• tutela judicial efectiva

 

Related terms

• efecto
• eficaz

 

Noun

efectivo m (plural efectivos)

1. cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions)

Derived terms

• en efectivo

Further reading

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