afecto
Spanish, noun
afecto is spelled A-F-E-C-T-O (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afecto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fondness, affection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of afectar. With an accent, afectó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of afectar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de las pasiones del ánimo, como ira, amor, odio, etc”.
What does afecto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prone; affected
- 2
affected (by a disease)
noun
- 1
masculinefondness, affection
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of afectar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of afectar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de las pasiones del ánimo, como ira, amor, odio, etc. 2. Por antonomasia, inclinación amistosa, amorosa o favorable hacia alguien o algo.
adjective: 1. Favorablemente predispuesto hacia alguien o algo; que siente inclinación, gusto o atracción hacia alguien o algo. 2. Que padece o tiene la tendencia a sufrir de una afección o enfermedad. 3. Dicho de una persona, destinado a ciertas funciones o servicio. 4. Dicho de rentas y bienes materiales, que está sujeto a impuestos o contribuciones.
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 afecto
- afecta feminine
- afectos masculine plural
- afectas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to afecto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afecto in Spanish?
afecto appears 9.1 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).