afecto
Portuguese, noun
afecto is spelled A-F-E-C-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afecto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afeto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of afectar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide afeto”.
What does afecto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afeto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of afectar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide afeto
noun: 1. vide afeto
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 afecto
- afectos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is afecto in Portuguese?
afecto appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).