"effective (works well)" in seven languages
Meaningeffective (works well)
Spanish
eficaz
/efiˈkaθ/
learned
French
efficace
/efikas/
learned
Italian
efficace
/effiˈkatʃe/
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Portuguese
eficaz
/efiˈkas/
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Romanian
eficace
/efiˈkatʃe/
borrowed · French efficace
Catalan
eficaç
/əfiˈkas/
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English
effective
/ɪˈfɛktɪv/
other source · Latin EFFECTĪVUS
A sibling of EFFICĀX: both from EFFICERE 'to bring about'. English has efficacious too.
English → Italianeffective (works well)efficaceNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: efficacious, efficacy, efficient.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EFFICĀCEM (nom. EFFICĀX)‘productive, effectual’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Trap: Spanish efectivo usually means 'cash' (pagar en efectivo), and French effectif means 'actual' or 'staff'. For 'it works' say eficaz, efficace.
English relatives: efficacious, efficacy, efficient
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In a sentence
- esEste medicamento es muy eficaz.
- frCe médicament est très efficace.
- itQuesto farmaco è molto efficace.
- ptEste remédio é muito eficaz.
- roMedicamentul acesta este foarte eficace.
- caAquest medicament és molt eficaç.
- enThis medicine is very effective.
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