afonso
Portuguese, noun/aˈfõ.su/
afonso is spelled A-F-O-N-S-O (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afonso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fish stew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guisado; caldeirada”.
What does afonso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefish stew
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino 2. nome do primeiro rei de Portugal e de outros
noun: 1. guisado; caldeirada
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 afonso
- afonsos plural
- Affonso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afonso?
- Brazil /aˈfõ.su/
- Portugal /ɐˈfõ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afonso in Portuguese?
afonso appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).