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afectar
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affectāre. See also the doublet afaitar.
Pronunciation
Verb
afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afectí, past participle afectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to feign, pretend
- to play dumb
- (transitive) to affect
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Further reading
- “afectar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “afectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “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
afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afectei, past participle afectado)
- (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “afectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affectāre. See also the doublets afeitar and ahechar.
Pronunciation
Verb
afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afecté, past participle afectado)
- to affect, to have an effect on, to influence
- to feign, to affect
- to speak or act insincerely, adopt an affectation
- to impair, to affect (negatively)
- El alcohol puede afectar su juicio.
- Alcohol can impair your judgment.
- to get to, to get under one's skin, to upset, to affect emotionally
- No dejes que te afecte.
- Don't let it get to you.
- (pronominal) to be affected (by an action), to get to
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “afectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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