afetar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- afectar (pre-1990 spelling)
- affectar (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin affectāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.feˈta(ʁ)/ [a.feˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.feˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.feˈta(ʁ)/ [a.feˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.feˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɛˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɛˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧fe‧tar
Verb
afetar (first-person singular present afeto, first-person singular preterite afetei, past participle afetado)
- (transitive) to affect (influence, alter)
- Synonyms: alterar, influenciar
Conjugation
Conjugation of afetar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “afetar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “afetar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025