efectivamente

Portuguese

Adverb

efectivamente

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of efetivamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “efectivamente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin efficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Latin effectīvus

Spanish efectivo

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Spanish -mente / -miente / -mientre

Spanish -mente

Spanish efectivamente

From efectivo + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efeɡˌtibaˈmente/ [e.feɣ̞ˌt̪i.β̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: e‧fec‧ti‧va‧men‧te

Adverb

efectivamente

1. indeed, quite right
2. effectively

Further reading

• “efectivamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026