eficiente

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin efficientem.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: e‧fi‧ci‧en‧te

Adjective

eficiente m or f (plural eficientes)

  1. efficient (making good use of resources)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin efficientem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /efiˈθjente/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /efiˈsjente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: e‧fi‧cien‧te

Adjective

eficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eficientes)

  1. efficient
    Antonym: ineficiente

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Verb

eficiente

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

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