afeto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• afecto (pre-1990 spelling)
• affecto (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɛ.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈfɛ.tu/

• 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

Further reading

• “afeto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025