efetivar
Portuguese, verb/e.fe.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
efetivar is spelled E-F-E-T-I-V-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Efetivar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to realize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levar a efeito; tornar efetivo, real, verdadeiro”.
What does efetivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to realize
- 2
to tenure or to get tenure
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levar a efeito; tornar efetivo, real, verdadeiro 2. tornar estável, permanente; consolidar
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 efetivar
- efetivo first-person present singular
- efetivei first-person preterite singular
- efetivado participle past
- efetivares infinitive second-person singular
- efetivarmos first-person infinitive plural
- efetivardes infinitive plural second-person
- efetivarem infinitive plural third-person
- efetivando gerund
- efetivados masculine participle past
- efetivada feminine participle past
- efetivadas feminine participle past
- efetivas indicative present second-person
- efetiva indicative present singular
- efetivamos first-person indicative plural
- efetivais indicative plural present
- efetivam indicative plural present
- efetivava first-person imperfect indicative
- efetivavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce efetivar?
- Brazil /e.fe.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.fe.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
- /e.fe.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to efetivar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is efetivar in Portuguese?
efetivar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).