noun · #472
effect
Example: El efecto fue inmediato.
The effect was immediate.
Spanish → English
el efecto
el efecto is Spanish for effect.
What el efecto means
How common is it?
el efecto is ranked #472 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to el efecto — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el aumento — increase
- el resultado — result
- la causa — cause
- el sentido — sense, meaning
- la duda — doubt
- la ayuda — help
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