áfrico
See also: africo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin āfricus. Doublet of ávrego.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fɾi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fɾi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.fɾi.ku/
- Hyphenation: á‧fri‧co
Adjective
áfrico (feminine áfrica, masculine plural áfricos, feminine plural áfricas)
- (literary) synonym of africano
Noun
áfrico m (uncountable)
- a south-west wind that blows from Africa
- Synonym: (archaic) ávrego
Further reading
- “áfrico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “áfrico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin āfricus. Doublet of ábrego.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈafɾiko/ [ˈa.fɾi.ko]
- Rhymes: -afɾiko
- Syllabification: á‧fri‧co
Adjective
áfrico (feminine áfrica, masculine plural áfricos, feminine plural áfricas)
Further reading
- “áfrico”, 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