impacto
/imˈpaɡto/ · B1 · noun · m
impact
💥 Cognate of English impact: Latin impactus, from impingere, to strike into
Same word as English impact, from Latin impingere: in (into) + pangere (to fix, drive in). Spanish adds the noun ending -o: impacto. Note the c before t is often softened, close to impagto.