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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧fe‧mi‧na‧do
Adjective
afeminado (feminine afeminada, masculine plural afeminados, feminine plural afeminadas)
- (often derogatory, of a man or boy) effeminate (of a man, behaving like a woman)
Participle
afeminado (feminine afeminada, masculine plural afeminados, feminine plural afeminadas)
- past participle of afeminar
Spanish
Etymology
From afeminar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afemiˈnado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧fe‧mi‧na‧do
Adjective
afeminado (feminine afeminada, masculine plural afeminados, feminine plural afeminadas)
- effeminate
- Synonyms: amanerado, amujerado
Derived terms
Participle
afeminado (feminine afeminada, masculine plural afeminados, feminine plural afeminadas)
- past participle of afeminar
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