afetação
Portuguese, noun/a.fe.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
afetação is spelled A-F-E-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afetação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “affectation (an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real), falsehood, pretense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de afetar”.
What does afetação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffectation (an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real), falsehood, pretense
- 2
feminineA public area or property that is being used for the public.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de afetar 2. falsidade, fingimento
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 afetação
- afetações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afetação?
- Brazil /a.fe.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.fe.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.fɛ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afetação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afetação in Portuguese?
afetação appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).