afta
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.fi.tɐ/
afta is spelled A-F-T-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aphthous ulcer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena ulceração superficial geralmente encontrada nas mucosas bucal ou (mais raramente) genital”.
What does afta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaphthous ulcer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena ulceração superficial geralmente encontrada nas mucosas bucal ou (mais raramente) genital
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 afta
- aftas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afta?
- Brazil /ˈa.fi.tɐ/
- Brazil /ˈaf.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈaf.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afta in Portuguese?
afta appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).