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afectivo

Portuguese, adjective

afectivo is spelled A-F-E-C-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afectivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que afetivo”.

What does afectivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. o mesmo que afetivo

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 afectivo

  • afectiva feminine
  • afectivos masculine plural
  • afectivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is afectivo in Portuguese?

afectivo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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