eficiente

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin efficientem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧fi‧ci‧en‧te === Adjective === eficiente m or f (plural eficientes) efficient (making good use of resources) ==== Derived terms ==== eficientemente ineficiente ==== Related terms ==== eficiência === Further reading === “eficiente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “eficiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin efficientem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /efiˈθjente/ [e.fiˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain) IPA(key): /efiˈsjente/ [e.fiˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: e‧fi‧cien‧te === Adjective === eficiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eficientes) efficient Antonym: ineficiente ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === eficiente inflection of eficientar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “eficiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025