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Catalan
Verb
impacto
- first-person singular present indicative of impactar
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impāctus.
Noun
impacto m (plural impactos)
- crash, impact
- Synonym: choque
Latin
Participle
impāctō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impāctus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin impāctus.
Noun
impacto m (plural impactos)
- impact; collision; shock
- Synonyms: batida, choque, colisão
- (figurative) impact (significant or strong influence or effect)
- Synonym: impacção
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
impacto
- first-person singular present indicative of impactar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈpaɡto/
- Rhymes: -aɡto
- Syllabification: im‧pac‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin impāctus.
Noun
impacto m (plural impactos)
- impact, brunt
Todas las estaciones, prepárense para el impacto.- All stations, prepare for impact.
Afortunadamente, evitamos el impacto de la tormenta.- Luckily, we avoided the brunt of the storm.
- hit (e.g., bullets, artillery)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
impacto
- first-person singular present indicative of impactar
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