afanoso
Spanish, adjective/afaˈnoso/
afanoso is spelled A-F-A-N-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 176,328th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afanoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “industrious, laborious (hard-working and persistent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Muy trabajoso o penoso”.
What does afanoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
industrious, laborious (hard-working and persistent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Muy trabajoso o penoso. 2. Que se afana.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afanoso
- afanosa feminine
- afanosos masculine plural
- afanosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afanoso?
- /afaˈnoso/
- [a.faˈno.so]
- [afaˈnoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afanoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afanoso in Spanish?
afanoso appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).