afobado
Portuguese, adjective/a.foˈba.du/
afobado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “flustered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afobar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atrapalhado, precipitado”.
What does afobado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flustered
verb
- 1
past participle of afobar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. atrapalhado, precipitado 2. com fome
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 afobado
- afobada feminine
- afobados masculine plural
- afobadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afobado?
- Brazil /a.foˈba.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fuˈba.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fuˈβa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afobado in Portuguese?
afobado appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).