afofar
Portuguese, verb/a.foˈfa(ʁ)/
afofar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fluff (to make fluffy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar algo fofo, mole, e macio”.
What does afofar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fluff (to make fluffy)
- 2
to soften (to make soft)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar algo fofo, mole, e macio
verb: 1. envaidecer(-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 afofar
- afofo first-person present singular
- afofei first-person preterite singular
- afofado participle past
- afofares infinitive second-person singular
- afofarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afofardes infinitive plural second-person
- afofarem infinitive plural third-person
- afofando gerund
- afofados masculine participle past
- afofada feminine participle past
- afofadas feminine participle past
- afofas indicative present second-person
- afofa indicative present singular
- afofamos first-person indicative plural
- afofais indicative plural present
- afofam indicative plural present
- afofava first-person imperfect indicative
- afofavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afofar?
- Brazil /a.foˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.foˈfa(h)]
- /a.foˈfa(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 afofar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afofar in Portuguese?
afofar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).