afiar

Borrowed from Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + filius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, afiliar, Spanish ahijar, Italian affiliare.

• IPA^(key): /afiˈaɾ/ [a.fiˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧ar

afiar

1. to adopt
2. to become godparent of

From a- +‎ fio +‎ -ar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *affīlāre. Compare Spanish afilar, French affiler, Italian affilare.

• IPA^(key): /aˈfiaɾ/ [aˈfi.aɾ]
• Rhymes: -iaɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧fi‧ar

afiar (first-person singular present afío, first-person singular preterite afiei, past participle afiado)
afiar (first-person singular present afio, first-person singular preterite afiei, past participle afiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to sharpen

   Synonym: aguzar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “afiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “afiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ fio +‎ -ar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *affīlāre. Compare Spanish afilar, French affiler, Italian affilare. Doublet of afilar.

• Hyphenation: a‧fi‧ar

afiar (first-person singular present afio, first-person singular preterite afiei, past participle afiado)

1. (transitive) to sharpen

   Synonyms: afilar, afinar, aguçar, amolar

2. (transitive, figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• afia-lápis

• Macanese: afiâ

• “afiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “afiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “afiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “afiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “afiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “afiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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• IPA^(key): /afiˈaɾ/ [a.fiˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧ar

afiar (first-person singular present afio, first-person singular preterite afié, past participle afiado)

1. (transitive, dated) to assure or give someone one's word to not harm them

• “afiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025