afeminado
Spanish, adjective/afemiˈnado/
afeminado is spelled A-F-E-M-I-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afeminado is a Spanish adjective meaning “effeminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afeminar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un varón o su comportamiento, que se asemeja exageradamente a lo prototípicamente femenino”.
What does afeminado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
effeminate
verb
- 1
past participle of afeminar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un varón o su comportamiento, que se asemeja exageradamente a lo prototípicamente femenino 2. Que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico
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 afeminado
- afeminada feminine
- afeminados masculine plural
- afeminadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afeminado?
- /afemiˈnado/
- [a.fe.miˈna.ð̞o]
- [afemiˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afeminado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afeminado in Spanish?
afeminado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).