afectar

Meaning

  1. to affect, to have an effect on, to influence
  2. to feign, to affect
  3. to speak or act insincerely, adopt an affectation
  4. to impair, to affect (negatively)
  5. to get to, to get under one's skin, to upset, to affect emotionally
  6. (pronominal) to be affected (by an action), to get to

Frequency

C2
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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