afectuoso
Spanish, adjective/afeɡˈtwoso/
afectuoso is spelled A-F-E-C-T-U-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afectuoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “affectionate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que muestra o expresa afecto, cariño o amor”.
What does afectuoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affectionate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que muestra o expresa afecto, cariño o amor. 2. Que se representa con viveza o emotividad.
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 afectuoso
- afectuosa feminine
- afectuosos masculine plural
- afectuosas feminine plural
- afectuosísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afectuoso?
- /afeɡˈtwoso/
- [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪wo.so]
- [afekˈt̪woso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afectuoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afectuoso in Spanish?
afectuoso appears 1.1 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).