afeminado
Portuguese, adjective/a.fe.miˈna.du/
afeminado is spelled A-F-E-M-I-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afeminado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “effeminate (of a man, behaving like a woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afeminar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se afeminou; efeminado”.
What does afeminado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryeffeminate (of a man, behaving like a woman)
verb
- 1
past participle of afeminar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se afeminou; efeminado 2. diz-se do homossexual masculino 3. que aparenta fraqueza ou covardia 4. que é excessivamente delicado, sensual, voluptuoso
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 afeminado
- afeminada feminine
- afeminados masculine plural
- afeminadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afeminado?
- Brazil /a.fe.miˈna.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɨ.miˈna.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fɨ.miˈna.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afeminado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afeminado in Portuguese?
afeminado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).