afluxo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• affluxo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin afflūxus, from affluō (“to flow towards”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfluk.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfluk.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfluk.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈflu.ksu/

• Hyphenation: a‧flu‧xo

Noun

afluxo m (plural afluxos)

1. the flow of people or things

   Synonyms: afluência, fluxo

   Afluxo de dinheiro.

   Flow of money.

   Afluxo de imigrantes.

   Flow of immigrants.

2. the meeting of flowing things or people

   Afluxo das águas.

   Meeting of the waters.

   Afluxo de ideias.

   Convergence of ideas.

Related terms

• afluência
• afluente
• afluição
• afluir
• fluxo

Further reading

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