eferente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin efferentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feˈɾẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.fɨˈɾẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧fe‧ren‧te

Adjective

eferente m or f (plural eferentes)

1. efferent (which carries something away)

Further reading

• “eferente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “eferente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin efferentem.

Adjective

eferente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eferentes)

1. efferent

Further reading

• “eferente”, 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