afear
[afeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“afear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volver feo o desagradable.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afear · afear · Spanish
afear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [afeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [afeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for afear in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is afear, spelled A-F-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Volver feo o desagradable.
- 2Poner de manifiesto la falta de adecuación de un acto o conducta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how afear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entonces tomó su linterna, y levantándose así adornada, como estaba con su anillo, pulseras y aretes, se dirigió a la orilla del remanso, y allí se inclinó, alumbrándose con la linterna el rostro, procurando sonreír, y, sin embargo, presentando en todas sus facciones una especie de dureza altanera que es como el reflejo de la codicia y de la vanidad, y qu…
La generosidad del Comendador humillaba su orgullo, y por más que trataba de empequeñecerla o de afear y envilecer sus causas fingiéndoselas vulgares, absurdas o caprichosas, dicha generosidad resplandecía siempre y la ofendía.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.