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Galician
Verb
afago
- first-person singular present indicative of afacer
- first-person singular present indicative of afagar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from afagar.
Noun
afago m (plural afagos)
- caress, stroking
1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:[…] até estes animais, antes domésticos, aprenderam a desconfiar dos afagos, […]- even these animals, previously domesticated, learned to distrust being stroked,
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
afago
- first-person singular present indicative of afagar
Further reading
- “afago”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “afago”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “afago” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “afago”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “afago”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “afago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024