eficiente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin efficientem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [e.fi.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /e.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [e.fi.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /e.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.fi.siˈẽ.te/ [e.fi.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /e.fiˈsjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈsjẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧fi‧ci‧en‧te

Adjective

eficiente m or f (plural eficientes)

1. efficient (making good use of resources)

Derived terms

• eficientemente
• ineficiente

Related terms

• eficiência

Further reading

• “eficiente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “eficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin efficientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efiˈθjente/ [e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /efiˈsjente/ [e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: e‧fi‧cien‧te

Adjective

eficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eficientes)

1. efficient

   Antonym: ineficiente

Derived terms

• causa eficiente
• eficientar
• eficientemente
• ineficiente

Related terms

• eficiencia

Verb

eficiente

1. inflection of eficientar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “eficiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024