efectivo
Portuguese, noun
efectivo is spelled E-F-E-C-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Efectivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of efetivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of efectivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide efetivo”.
What does efectivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of efetivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of efetivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of efectivar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide efetivo
noun: 1. vide efetivo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of efectivo
- efectiva feminine
- efectivos masculine plural
- efectivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to efectivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is efectivo in Portuguese?
efectivo appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).