afobação
Portuguese, noun/a.fo.baˈsɐ̃w̃/
afobação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disturbance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pressa, ansiedade; afobamento”.
What does afobação mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininedisturbance
- 2
Brazilfemininehustle and bustle, great haste
- 3
Brazilfemininetiredness, fatigue
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pressa, ansiedade; afobamento 2. qualidade de quem faz as coisas com pressa e desajeitadamente
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 afobação
- afobações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afobação?
- Brazil /a.fo.baˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.fo.baˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /aˈfɔ.ba.sɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afobação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afobação in Portuguese?
afobação appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).