afilhado
Portuguese, noun/a.fiˈʎa.du/
afilhado is spelled A-F-I-L-H-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afilhado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “godson, godchild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é apadrinhado por alguém”.
What does afilhado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegodson, godchild
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que é apadrinhado por alguém
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 afilhado
- afilhados plural
- afilhada feminine
- afilhadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afilhado?
- Brazil /a.fiˈʎa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fiˈʎa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fiˈʎa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afilhado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afilhado in Portuguese?
afilhado appears 1.2 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).