afagar
Portuguese, verb/a.faˈɡa(ʁ)/
afagar is spelled A-F-A-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afagar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stroke, fondle, caress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer afagos ou carícias; acariciar”.
What does afagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stroke, fondle, caress
- 2
to cherish, feed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer afagos ou carícias; acariciar 2. acalentar, alimentar 3. nivelar, aplainar, desbastar saliências ou alisar madeiras
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 afagar
- afago first-person present singular
- afaguei first-person preterite singular
- afagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- afagares infinitive second-person singular
- afagarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afagardes infinitive plural second-person
- afagarem infinitive plural third-person
- afagando gerund
- afagados masculine participle past
- afagada feminine participle past
- afagadas feminine participle past
- afagas indicative present second-person
- afaga indicative present singular
- afagamos first-person indicative plural
- afagais indicative plural present
- afagam indicative plural present
- afagava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afagar?
- Brazil /a.faˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.faˈɡa(h)]
- /a.faˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afagar in Portuguese?
afagar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).