afligir
Portuguese, verb/a.fliˈʒi(ʁ)/
afligir is spelled A-F-L-I-G-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afligir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to harm (cause damage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar aflição a”.
What does afligir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harm (cause damage)
- 2
afflict (to cause pain to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar aflição a 2. preocupar 3. angustiar 4. torturar
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 afligir
- aflijo first-person present singular
- afligi first-person preterite singular
- afligido participle past
- g-j alternation
- afligires infinitive second-person singular
- afligirmos first-person infinitive plural
- afligirdes infinitive plural second-person
- afligirem infinitive plural third-person
- afligindo gerund
- afligidos masculine participle past
- afligida feminine participle past
- afligidas feminine participle past
- afliges indicative present second-person
- aflige indicative present singular
- afligimos first-person indicative plural
- afligis indicative plural present
- afligem indicative plural present
- afligia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afligir?
- Brazil /a.fliˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.fliˈʒi(h)]
- /a.fliˈʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afligir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afligir in Portuguese?
afligir appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).