afectuoso
Portuguese, adjective
afectuoso is spelled A-F-E-C-T-U-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afectuoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetuoso; 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 “cheio de afecto; carinhoso”.
What does afectuoso mean in English?
adjective
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetuoso; 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. cheio de afecto; carinhoso: 2. que desperta afecto
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 afectuoso
- afectuosa feminine
- afectuosos masculine plural
- afectuosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is afectuoso in Portuguese?
afectuoso appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).