# afastado vs afastar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### afastado
*adjective · IPA /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/ · frequency rank #6,833*
que se afastou

### afastar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #3,955*
transitivo:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/afastado-vs-afastar