efectuar

to carry out

verb eh-fehk-TWAHR Less Common

Origin: From Latin effectuare, from effectus (effect, result).

Also means

to perform

Usage Note

Efectuar is a formal register verb meaning to execute or carry out an action, widely used in official, legal, and journalistic writing (efectuar un pago, efectuar una llamada). It is interchangeable with realizar or llevar a cabo in most contexts, but efectuar sounds more bureaucratic. The stress falls on the a: efec-TU-ar, and it conjugates like other -uar verbs with a written accent on the ú in certain forms (efectúo, efectúas).

Examples

"El banco efectuó la transferencia ayer."

Natural Translation

The bank carried out the transfer yesterday.

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