afilado
Portuguese, adjective/a.fiˈla.du/
afilado is spelled A-F-I-L-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afilado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sharp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afinado, adelgaçado”.
What does afilado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sharp
- 2
pointy, stretched
- 3
thin
- 4
angry and incited to attack because of provocation
verb
- 1
past participle of afilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. afinado, adelgaçado
adjective: 1. que tem vontade de bater
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 afilado
- afilada feminine
- afilados masculine plural
- afiladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afilado?
- Brazil /a.fiˈla.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fiˈla.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fiˈla.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afilado in Portuguese?
afilado appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).