afilar
Portuguese, verb/a.fiˈla(ʁ)/
afilar is spelled A-F-I-L-A-R (6 letters). Afilar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sharpen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afiar”.
What does afilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sharpen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afiar 2. aguçar
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 afilar
- afilo first-person present singular
- afilei first-person preterite singular
- afilado participle past
- afilares infinitive second-person singular
- afilarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afilardes infinitive plural second-person
- afilarem infinitive plural third-person
- afilando gerund
- afilados masculine participle past
- afilada feminine participle past
- afiladas feminine participle past
- afilas indicative present second-person
- afila indicative present singular
- afilamos first-person indicative plural
- afilais indicative plural present
- afilam indicative plural present
- afilava first-person imperfect indicative
- afilavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afilar?
- Brazil /a.fiˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.fiˈla(h)]
- /a.fiˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.