afecção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• afeção (Portugal)

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afecção f (plural afecções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)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