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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin affectāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
afetar (first-person singular present afeto, first-person singular preterite afetei, past participle afetado)
- (transitive) to affect (influence, alter)
- Synonyms: alterar, influenciar
Conjugation
Further reading
- “afetar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “afetar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “afetar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025