afago

Galician

Verb

afago

first-person singular present indicative of afacer
first-person singular present indicative of afagar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfa.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfa.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈfa.ɡu/ [ɐˈfa.ɣu]

Hyphenation: a‧fa‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from afagar.

Noun

afago m (plural afagos)

caress, stroking
- 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
  […] até estes animais, antes domésticos, aprenderam a desconfiar dos afagos, […]
  […] even these animals, previously domesticated, learned to distrust being stroked, […]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

afago

first-person singular present indicative of afagar

Further reading

“afago” in iDicionário Aulete.
“afago” in Dicionário inFormal.
“afago” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“afago” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“afago” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“afago” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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