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de facto

English

  1. 🔊 existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
    “de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law”
  2. 🔊 in reality or fact
    “the result was, de facto, a one-party system”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 de facto de facto, in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status

Similar words

absolute actual actually authentic factual for real genuine genuinely historical honest-to-god positive real really substantial true truly undeniable veritable veritably