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efecto

Spanish, noun/eˈfeɡto/

efecto is spelled E-F-E-C-T-O (6 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Spanish, the 936th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Efecto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “effect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Algo que es producido”.

What does efecto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineeffect

    No cree que los nuevos medicamentos tuvieran efecto alguno.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Algo que es producido. 2. Capacidad de producir resultados. 3. Impresión mental o emocional. 4. Proposito o intención.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of efecto

  • efectos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce efecto?

  • /eˈfeɡto/
  • [eˈfeɣ̞.t̪o]
  • [eˈfekt̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to efecto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is efecto in Spanish?

efecto appears 93 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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