afia
Portuguese, noun/aˈfi.ɐ/
afia is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pencil sharpener” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of afiar.
What does afia mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinepencil sharpener
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of afia
- afias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afia?
- Brazil /aˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈfi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afia in Portuguese?
afia appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).