afeiçoar
Portuguese, verb/a.fej.soˈa(ʁ)/
afeiçoar is spelled A-F-E-I-Ç-O-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afeiçoar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to form, shape, mould” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar feição a”.
What does afeiçoar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form, shape, mould
- 2
to accommodate, adapt, adjust
verb
- 1
to affectionate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar feição a 2. criar afeição
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 afeiçoar
- afeiçoo first-person present singular
- afeiçoei first-person preterite singular
- afeiçoado participle past
- afeiçoares infinitive second-person singular
- afeiçoarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afeiçoardes infinitive plural second-person
- afeiçoarem infinitive plural third-person
- afeiçoando gerund
- afeiçoados masculine participle past
- afeiçoada feminine participle past
- afeiçoadas feminine participle past
- afeiçôo Brazil first-person indicative
- afeiçoas indicative present second-person
- afeiçoa indicative present singular
- afeiçoamos first-person indicative plural
- afeiçoais indicative plural present
- afeiçoam indicative plural present
- afeiçoava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afeiçoar?
- Brazil /a.fej.soˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.feɪ̯.soˈa(h)]
- /a.fej.soˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afeiçoar in Portuguese?
afeiçoar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).