afamado
Portuguese, adjective/a.faˈma.du/
afamado is spelled A-F-A-M-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afamado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “famous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afamar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem fama”.
What does afamado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
famous
verb
- 1
past participle of afamar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem fama 2. assinalado 3. egrégio 4. famoso
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 afamado
- afamada feminine
- afamados masculine plural
- afamadas feminine plural
- mais afamado comparative
- o mais afamado superlative
- afamadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afamado?
- Brazil /a.faˈma.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɐˈma.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fɐˈma.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afamado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afamado in Portuguese?
afamado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).