afectado
Spanish, adjective/afeɡˈtado/
afectado is spelled A-F-E-C-T-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afectado is a Spanish adjective meaning “affected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afectar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “afectado ¦ plural: afectados ¦ femenino: afectada ¦ femenino plural: afectadas”.
What does afectado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affected
- 2
unnatural; awkward
su manera afectada de hablar
verb
- 1
past participle of afectar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. afectado ¦ plural: afectados ¦ femenino: afectada ¦ femenino plural: afectadas
verb: 1. Participio de afectar.
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 afectado
- afectada feminine
- afectados masculine plural
- afectadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afectado?
- /afeɡˈtado/
- [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
- [afekˈt̪að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afectado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afectado in Spanish?
afectado appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).