afecção
Portuguese, noun/a.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/
afecção is spelled A-F-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “condition, affection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de sintomas provocados por lesão mórbida, abstraindo-se de sua causa”.
What does afecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecondition, affection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de sintomas provocados por lesão mórbida, abstraindo-se de sua causa 2. alteração do modo de reagir a impressões
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 afecção
- afecções plural
- afeção alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afecção?
- Brazil /a.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afecção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afecção in Portuguese?
afecção appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).