efectivar

Portuguese

Verb

efectivar (first-person singular present efectivo, first-person singular preterite efectivei, past participle efectivado)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of efectivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	efectivar
Personal	efectivar	efectivares	efectivar	efectivarmos	efectivardes	efectivarem
Gerund
	efectivando
Past participle
Masculine	efectivado			efectivados
Feminine	efectivada			efectivadas
Indicative
Present	efectivo	efectivas	efectiva	efectivamos	efectivais	efectivam
Imperfect	efectivava	efectivavas	efectivava	efectivávamos	efectiváveis	efectivavam
Preterite	efectivei	efectivaste	efectivou	efectivamos1, efectivámos2	efectivastes	efectivaram
Pluperfect	efectivara	efectivaras	efectivara	efectiváramos	efectiváreis	efectivaram
Future	efectivarei	efectivarás	efectivará	efectivaremos	efectivareis	efectivarão
Conditional	efectivaria	efectivarias	efectivaria	efectivaríamos	efectivaríeis	efectivariam
Subjunctive
Present	efective	efectives	efective	efectivemos	efectiveis	efectivem
Imperfect	efectivasse	efectivasses	efectivasse	efectivássemos	efectivásseis	efectivassem
Future	efectivar	efectivares	efectivar	efectivarmos	efectivardes	efectivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		efectiva	efective	efectivemos	efectivai	efectivem
Negative (não)		não efectives	não efective	não efectivemos	não efectiveis	não efectivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “efectivar”, 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 *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish efectivar

From efectivo + -ar.

Verb

efectivar (first-person singular present efectivo, first-person singular preterite efectivé, past participle efectivado)

1. (transitive, South America) to effectivate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of efectivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			efectivar
gerund			efectivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		efectivado		efectivada
		plural		efectivados		efectivadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	efectivo	efectivastú efectivásvos	efectiva	efectivamos	efectiváis	efectivan
	imperfect	efectivaba	efectivabas	efectivaba	efectivábamos	efectivabais	efectivaban
	preterite	efectivé	efectivaste	efectivó	efectivamos	efectivasteis	efectivaron
	future	efectivaré	efectivarás	efectivará	efectivaremos	efectivaréis	efectivarán
	conditional	efectivaría	efectivarías	efectivaría	efectivaríamos	efectivaríais	efectivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	efective	efectivestú efectivésvos2	efective	efectivemos	efectivéis	efectiven
	imperfect (ra)	efectivara	efectivaras	efectivara	efectiváramos	efectivarais	efectivaran
	imperfect (se)	efectivase	efectivases	efectivase	efectivásemos	efectivaseis	efectivasen
	future1	efectivare	efectivares	efectivare	efectiváremos	efectivareis	efectivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		efectivatú efectivávos	efective	efectivemos	efectivad	efectiven
	negative		no efectives	no efective	no efectivemos	no efectivéis	no efectiven

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of efectivar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive efectivar	dative	efectivarme	efectivarte	efectivarle, efectivarse	efectivarnos	efectivaros	efectivarles, efectivarse
	accusative	efectivarme	efectivarte	efectivarlo, efectivarla, efectivarse	efectivarnos	efectivaros	efectivarlos, efectivarlas, efectivarse
with gerund efectivando	dative	efectivándome	efectivándote	efectivándole, efectivándose	efectivándonos	efectivándoos	efectivándoles, efectivándose
	accusative	efectivándome	efectivándote	efectivándolo, efectivándola, efectivándose	efectivándonos	efectivándoos	efectivándolos, efectivándolas, efectivándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative efectiva	dative	efectívame	efectívate	efectívale	efectívanos	not used	efectívales
	accusative	efectívame	efectívate	efectívalo, efectívala	efectívanos	not used	efectívalos, efectívalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative efectivá	dative	efectivame	efectivate	efectivale	efectivanos	not used	efectivales
	accusative	efectivame	efectivate	efectivalo, efectivala	efectivanos	not used	efectivalos, efectivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative efective	dative	efectíveme	not used	efectívele, efectívese	efectívenos	not used	efectíveles
	accusative	efectíveme	not used	efectívelo, efectívela, efectívese	efectívenos	not used	efectívelos, efectívelas
with first-person plural imperative efectivemos	dative	not used	efectivémoste	efectivémosle	efectivémonos	efectivémoos	efectivémosles
	accusative	not used	efectivémoste	efectivémoslo, efectivémosla	efectivémonos	efectivémoos	efectivémoslos, efectivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative efectivad	dative	efectivadme	not used	efectivadle	efectivadnos	efectivaos	efectivadles
	accusative	efectivadme	not used	efectivadlo, efectivadla	efectivadnos	efectivaos	efectivadlos, efectivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative efectiven	dative	efectívenme	not used	efectívenle	efectívennos	not used	efectívenles, efectívense
	accusative	efectívenme	not used	efectívenlo, efectívenla	efectívennos	not used	efectívenlos, efectívenlas, efectívense

Further reading

• “efectivar”, 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