afã
Portuguese, noun/aˈfɐ̃/
afã is spelled A-F-Ã (3 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eagerness, keenness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “azáfama; ânsia; lida”.
What does afã mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeagerness, keenness
- 2
masculineeffort
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Academia da Força Aérea
noun: 1. azáfama; ânsia; lida:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afã
- afãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afã?
- Brazil /aˈfɐ̃/
- Portugal /ɐˈfɐ̃/
- Portugal /ɐ.ˈfɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afã in Portuguese?
afã appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).