afeto
Portuguese, noun/aˈfɛ.tu/
afeto is spelled A-F-E-T-O (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afeto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “affection, fondness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of afetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentimento de amizade e ternura para com outrem; afeição; amor”.
What does afeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaffection, fondness
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of afetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. à feição, afeiçoado; dedicado; específico para: 2. sujeito; subordinado:
noun: 1. sentimento de amizade e ternura para com outrem; afeição; amor
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 afeto
- afetos plural
- afecto alternative
- affecto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afeto?
- Brazil /aˈfɛ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐˈfɛ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.ˈfɛ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afeto in Portuguese?
afeto appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).