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efectivo

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “efectivo” mean in English?

  1. cash

Example sentences

  • Pago en efectivo.

    I pay in cash.

  • No tengo efectivo.

    I have no cash.

  • El descuento es solo en efectivo.

    The discount is only with cash.

How to use it

Efectivo means 'cash' (the substantive). Masculine: el efectivo. Also functions as adjective ('effective'). Pagar en efectivo = 'pay in cash'.

Common mistake

Use 'en efectivo' (with en) for 'in cash'. Don't say 'con efectivo' — the standard collocation is 'pagar EN efectivo'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.