afán

/aˈfan/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
afanes

Meaning

  1. zeal

    • Trabaja con afán.

      He works with zeal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

ahínco

afán is the more common word for eagerness or zeal to do something; ahínco specifically emphasizes doing something with great effort or perseverance, as in "con ahínco."

Similar in other languages

German

Eifer

Eifer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "zeal."

Portuguese

zelo

zelo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "zeal."

Practice

1 What does afán mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trabaja con ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches afán?

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