afanar
Portuguese, verb/a.faˈna(ʁ)/
afanar is spelled A-F-A-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afanar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to obtain with effort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(transitivo) buscar com afã”.
What does afanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to obtain with effort
- 2
slangto steal
- 3
to become tired
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (transitivo) buscar com afã 2. (reflexivo) afadigar-se 3. (figurativo) roubar, furtar
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 afanar
- afano first-person present singular
- afanei first-person preterite singular
- afanado participle past
- afanares infinitive second-person singular
- afanarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afanardes infinitive plural second-person
- afanarem infinitive plural third-person
- afanando gerund
- afanados masculine participle past
- afanada feminine participle past
- afanadas feminine participle past
- afanas indicative present second-person
- afana indicative present singular
- afanamos first-person indicative plural
- afanais indicative plural present
- afanam indicative plural present
- afanava first-person imperfect indicative
- afanavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afanar?
- Brazil /a.faˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.faˈna(h)]
- /a.faˈna(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 afanar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afanar in Portuguese?
afanar appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).