afiar
Portuguese
/ɐˈfjaɾ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to sharpen
- (transitive)
Etymology
Affix from Portuguese fio (thread).
Origin
Portuguese
fio
Gloss
thread
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *affilāre Latin
- affilamento Italian
- affilare Italian
- affilatoio Italian
- affilatura Italian
- raffilare Italian
- riaffilare Italian
- affilage French
- affiler French
- affileur French
- affiloir French
- afilador Spanish, Castilian
- afilar Spanish, Castilian
- filo Spanish, Castilian
- afiado Portuguese
- afilar Portuguese
- fio Portuguese
- fio Old Portuguese
- afiadu Kabuverdianu
- fiadu Guinea-Bissau Creole