afectar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectāre, present active infinitive of affectō. See also the doublet afaitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.fəkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.fekˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: afectà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afectí, past participle afectat)

1. to feign, pretend
2. to play dumb

Derived terms

• desafectar

Related terms

• afecte
• afectiu

Further reading

• “afectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “afectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “afectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. Superseded spelling of afetar.
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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectāre, present active infinitive of affectō. See also the doublets afeitar and ahechar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afeɡˈtaɾ/ [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to have an effect on, affect
2. to feign, affect
3. to speak or act insincerely, adopt an affectation
4. to upset, affect emotionally
5. to be affected by an action

Derived terms

• afectable
• afectado
• afectante

 

Related terms

• afectación
• afectivo
• afecto

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001