efervescente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin effervēscentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feʁ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ [e.feɦ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feʁ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ [e.feɦ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.feɾ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.feʁ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.feɻ.veˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.feʁ.veˈsẽ.te/ [e.feɦ.veˈsẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /i.fɨɾ.vɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/, /i.fɨɾ.vɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /i.fɨɾ.vɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/, /i.fɨɾ.vɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /i.fɨɾ.bɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/ [i.fɨɾ.βɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ], /i.fɨɾ.bɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/ [i.fɨɾ.βɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: e‧fer‧ves‧cen‧te

Adjective

efervescente m or f (plural efervescentes)

1. effervescent; fizzy; sparkling (giving off bubbles)

   Synonym: borbulhante

Related terms

• efervescer

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin effervēscentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efeɾbesˈθente/ [e.feɾ.β̞esˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /efeɾbeˈsente/ [e.feɾ.β̞eˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: e‧fer‧ves‧cen‧te

Adjective

efervescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural efervescentes)

1. effervescent

Related terms

• efervescencia

Further reading

• “efervescente”, 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