afecção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnem. Doublet of afeição, a semi-learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: a‧fec‧ção

Noun

afecção f (plural afecções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

  1. (pathology) condition, affection

Further reading

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