Usage Note
Exitoso derives from éxito (success), not from salida (exit) — a common false-friend confusion for English speakers, since éxito looks like 'exit'. Una película exitosa is 'a successful film'. The feminine form is exitosa; the adverb is exitosamente.
Examples
"La obra de teatro fue muy exitosa."
Natural Translation
The play was very successful.
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