afectar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affectāre. See also the doublet afaitar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.fəkˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.fekˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: afectà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afectí, past participle afectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to feign, pretend
- to play dumb
- (transitive) to affect
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afectar (first conjugation)
infinitive | afectar | ||||||
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gerund | afectant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | afectat | afectada | |||||
plural | afectats | afectades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afecto | afectes | afecta | afectem | afecteu | afecten | |
imperfect | afectava | afectaves | afectava | afectàvem | afectàveu | afectaven | |
future | afectaré | afectaràs | afectarà | afectarem | afectareu | afectaran | |
preterite | afectí | afectares | afectà | afectàrem | afectàreu | afectaren | |
conditional | afectaria | afectaries | afectaria | afectaríem | afectaríeu | afectarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afecti | afectis | afecti | afectem | afecteu | afectin | |
imperfect | afectés | afectessis | afectés | afectéssim | afectéssiu | afectessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | afecta | afecti | afectem | afecteu | afectin | |
negative (no) | — | no afectis | no afecti | no afectem | no afecteu | no afectin |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “afectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “afectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
afectar (first-person singular present afecto, first-person singular preterite afectei, past participle afectado)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of afetar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afectar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affectāre. See also the doublets afeitar and ahechar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be affected (by an action), to get to
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of afectar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “afectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014