afectar
Meaning
- 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)
- to get to, to get under one's skin, to upset, to affect emotionally
- (pronominal) to be affected (by an action), to get to
Concepts
have an effect on
have influence
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧fec‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/afeɡˈtaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin affectāre. See also the doublets afeitar and ahechar.
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