afoito
Portuguese, adjective/aˈfoj.tu/
afoito is spelled A-F-O-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afoito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “bold, brave, courageous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apressado, agitado, ansioso”.
What does afoito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bold, brave, courageous
- 2
in a hurry, short of time
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. apressado, agitado, ansioso
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 afoito
- afoita feminine
- afoitos masculine plural
- afoitas feminine plural
- foito alternative
- afouto alternative
- fouto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afoito?
- Brazil /aˈfoj.tu/
- Brazil [aˈfoɪ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ɐˈfoj.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afoito in Portuguese?
afoito appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).