Afeminado in english

Effeminate

pronunciation: ifemɪnət part of speech: adjective
In gestures
effeminate

afeminado = effeminate ; queer ; sissy ; mollycoddle ; camp ; swishy ; poncey [poncy]. 

Example: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Example: Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.Example: Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered 'sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Example: These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Example: There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.Example: So, people object to Bruno because he's just perpetuating a giant swishy stereotype.Example: I won't hire any fellow with a pony tail or earring, or any other such poncey nonsense either.

afeminar = feminise [feminize, -USA]. 

Example: The author reports the case of 15 transsexuals regarding their devastating long-term outcomes after the injection of up to 8 liters of silicone or mineral oil to feminize their bodies.

Afeminado synonyms

soft in spanish: suave, pronunciation: sɑft adjectiveweak in spanish: débiles, pronunciation: wik adjectiveepicene in spanish: epiceno, pronunciation: epəsin adjectiveemasculate in spanish: castrar, pronunciation: əmæskjulɪt verbsissy in spanish: marica, pronunciation: sɪsi nouncissy in spanish: mariquita, pronunciation: sɪsi adjectiveunmanly in spanish: afeminado, pronunciation: ənmænli adjectivesissified in spanish: sissificado, pronunciation: sɪsəfaɪd adjectivesissyish in spanish: mariquita, pronunciation: sɪʃiɪʃ adjectiveunmanful in spanish: inmanente, pronunciation: ənmænfəl adjectiveunmanlike in spanish: antipático, pronunciation: ənmænlaɪk adjective
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