afazer
Portuguese, noun/a.faˈze(ʁ)/
afazer is spelled A-F-A-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afazer is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chore; task (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tarefa a cumprir”.
What does afazer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accustom
noun
- 1
masculinechore; task (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tarefa a cumprir
verb: 1. fazer com que adquira hábito, acostumar 2. fazer com que se acostume a um novo ambiente físico ou intelectual, adaptar 3. adquirir hábito; acostumar-se, habituar-se 4. acostumar-se a um novo ambiente físico ou intelectual; aclimar-se
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 afazer
- afaço first-person present singular
- afiz first-person preterite singular
- afeito participle past
- afazeres infinitive second-person singular
- afazermos first-person infinitive plural
- afazerdes infinitive plural second-person
- afazerem infinitive plural third-person
- afazendo gerund
- afeitos masculine participle past
- afeita feminine participle past
- afeitas feminine participle past
- afazes indicative present second-person
- afaz indicative present singular
- afazemos first-person indicative plural
- afazeis indicative plural present
- afazem indicative plural present
- afazia first-person imperfect indicative
- afazias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afazer?
- Brazil /a.faˈze(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.faˈze(h)]
- Brazil /a.faˈzeʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afazer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afazer in Portuguese?
afazer appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).