afro
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.fɾu/
afro is spelled A-F-R-O (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,799th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “afro (hairstyle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does afro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineafro (hairstyle)
adjective
- 1
African (of African culture)
prefix
- 1
Afro- (relating to Africa)
- 2
Afro- (relating to dark-skinned people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à etnia negra americana, originária da África
prefix: 1. africano
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 afro
- afros plural
- a.fro- canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afro?
- Brazil /ˈa.fɾu/
- Portugal /ˈa.fɾɔ/
- Brazil /ˌa.fɾo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afro in Portuguese?
afro appears 17 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).