afectado

Portuguese

Adjective

afectado (feminine afectada, masculine plural afectados, feminine plural afectadas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of afetado. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Participle

afectado (feminine afectada, masculine plural afectados, feminine plural afectadas)

1. past participle of afectar

Spanish

Etymology

From afectar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afeɡˈtado/ [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧fec‧ta‧do

Adjective

afectado (feminine afectada, masculine plural afectados, feminine plural afectadas)

1. affected
2. unnatural; awkward
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Vestía la preciosa criatura a la moda, con elegancia no afectada.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• afectadamente

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: apektado

Participle

afectado (feminine afectada, masculine plural afectados, feminine plural afectadas)

1. past participle of afectar

Further reading

• “afectado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16