de facto

Significat (anglès)

Adv

In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

Adj

In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)

Noun

A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.

Sinònims

actually

factual

in fact

actual

as a matter of fact

real

really

in reality

factually

veritable

indeed

substantial

substantival

substantive

sure enough

true

truly

veritably

virtual

in actual fact

acting

IPOF

as it is

effective

existent

genuine

genuinely

intrinsic

ipso facto

practically

quite

realistic

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌdeɪˈfæktəʊ/

Etimologia (anglès)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō (literally “according to fact”), from dē (“according to”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”).