afe
Portuguese, interjection/ˈa.fi/
afe is spelled A-F-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afe is a Portuguese interjection meaning “alternative form of ave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa sentimentos negativos, principalmente espanto, cansaço, desapontamento, desaprovação, ojeriza, entre…”.
What does afe mean in English?
interjection
- 1
alternative form of ave
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa sentimentos negativos, principalmente espanto, cansaço, desapontamento, desaprovação, ojeriza, entre outros 2. expressão que designa exclamação, surpresa ou indignação sobre algo
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 afe
- afe! canonical
- aff alternative Internet
- af alternative Internet
- afs alternative Internet
- affs alternative Internet
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afe?
- Brazil /ˈa.fi/
- Portugal /ˈa.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afe in Portuguese?
afe appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).