afastamento
Portuguese, noun/a.fas.taˈmẽ.tu/
afastamento is spelled A-F-A-S-T-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afastamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act or result of repelling or of moving two things away from each other” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de afastar; distanciamento”.
What does afastamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act or result of repelling or of moving two things away from each other
- 2
masculinethe distance between things
- 3
masculinethe process of growing apart (of people becoming less acquainted with each other); distancing
- 4
masculinea temporary removal from office
- 5
masculinethe difference between a predicted value and the actual result
- 6
masculinedeviation of a vehicle or craft from a route
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de afastar; distanciamento: 2. despedimento ou cessação coerciva de cargo: 3. distância entre as faces da construção e os limites do terreno; o mesmo que recuo 4. distância entre um ponto do espaço e o plano vertical de projeção
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 afastamento
- afastamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afastamento?
- Brazil /a.fas.taˈmẽ.tu/
- /a.faʃ.taˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɐʃ.tɐˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afastamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afastamento in Portuguese?
afastamento appears 6.8 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).