afecto

See also: afectó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈfe̞k.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈfɛk.to]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈfɛk.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈfɛk.to]

Verb

afecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of afectar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

afecto m (plural afectos)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afeto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Etymology 2

Verb

afecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of afectar

Further reading

• “afecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfeɡto/ [aˈfeɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: a‧fec‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin afficiō

Latin affectuslbor.

Spanish afecto

Learned borrowing from Latin affectus.

Adjective

afecto (feminine afecta, masculine plural afectos, feminine plural afectas)

1. prone; affected
2. affected (by a disease)

Derived terms

• afectísimo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin afficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin affectuslbor.

Spanish afecto

Learned borrowing from Latin affectus.

Noun

afecto m (plural afectos)

1. fondness, affection

   Synonym: cariño

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

afecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of afectar

Further reading

• “afecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026