afastado
Portuguese, adjective/a.fasˈta.du/
afastado is spelled A-F-A-S-T-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,851st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afastado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “far, especially after being moved away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afastar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se afastou”.
What does afastado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
far, especially after being moved away
As caixas estão afastadas umas das outras.
- 2
far from downtown or from urban areas
Moramos num lugar afastado.
- 3
suspended (temporarily banned from one’s job)
Você está afastado enquanto investigamos as alegações de corrupção.
- 4
in a leave of absence
verb
- 1
past participle of afastar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se afastou 2. longínquo
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 afastado
- afastada feminine
- afastados masculine plural
- afastadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afastado?
- Brazil /a.fasˈta.du/
- /a.faʃˈta.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɐʃˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afastado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afastado in Portuguese?
afastado appears 11 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).