afeto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈfɛ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈfɛ.to/

  • Rhymes: -ɛtu
  • Hyphenation: a‧fe‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin affectus.

Noun

afeto m (plural afetos)

  1. affection, fondness
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 152:
      Luiza amava, e amava com o primeiro e grande affecto de quinze annos.
      Luiza was in love, and she loved with the first and profound affection of a fifteen-year-old.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

afeto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of afetar

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