afekti

Derived from Latin affectus, the participle stem of afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”).

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• Rhymes: -ekti
• Hyphenation: a‧fek‧ti

afekti (present afektas, past afektis, future afektos, conditional afektus, volitive afektu)

1. (transitive) to affect, put on; feign, pretend

   Lia ŝajna simpatio estas afektita.

   What appears to be friendliness on his part is a pretense.

2. (intransitive) to put on airs.

   Ĉesu afekti, vi ne estas pli bona ol ni.

   Stop putting on airs; you are no better than we are.