efectividad

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 *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish efectividad

From efectivo + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efeɡtibiˈdad/ [e.feɣ̞.t̪i.β̞iˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: e‧fec‧ti‧vi‧dad

Noun

efectividad f (plural efectividades)

1. effectiveness

   Synonym: eficacia

Further reading

• “efectividad”, 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