afobar
Portuguese, verb/a.foˈba(ʁ)/
afobar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause distress to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apressar”.
What does afobar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto cause distress to
- 2
Brazilto get in the way, get agitated
- 3
Brazilto fret
- 4
Brazilto get tired
- 5
Brazilinformalto show off
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apressar 2. causar pressa 3. atrapalhar-se, fazer algo de forma apressada e sem jeito 4. afadigar-se
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 afobar
- afobo first-person present singular
- afobei first-person preterite singular
- afobado participle past
- afobares infinitive second-person singular
- afobarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afobardes infinitive plural second-person
- afobarem infinitive plural third-person
- afobando gerund
- afobados masculine participle past
- afobada feminine participle past
- afobadas feminine participle past
- afobas indicative present second-person
- afoba indicative present singular
- afobamos first-person indicative plural
- afobais indicative plural present
- afobam indicative plural present
- afobava first-person imperfect indicative
- afobavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afobar?
- Brazil /a.foˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.foˈba(h)]
- Brazil /a.fɔˈba(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afobar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afobar in Portuguese?
afobar appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).