afrancesado
Portuguese, noun/a.fɾɐ̃.seˈza.du/
afrancesado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “afrancesado (Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of afrancesar.
What does afrancesado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Frenchified (having become more French)
noun
- 1
masculineafrancesado (Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War)
- 2
masculineFrancophile (attempting to imitate the French)
verb
- 1
past participle of afrancesar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of afrancesado
- afrancesada feminine
- afrancesados masculine plural
- afrancesadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afrancesado?
- Brazil /a.fɾɐ̃.seˈza.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɾɐ̃.sɨˈza.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.fɾɐ̃.sɨˈza.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afrancesado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afrancesado in Portuguese?
afrancesado appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).