afectarlos
Afectarlos is the infinitive form of the verb afectarse? No, of the verb afectar with a direct-object clitic los attached. In Spanish, afectarlos literally means to affect them. It combines the verb afectar (to affect, to influence, to have an impact on) with the direct object pronoun los (them, masculine or mixed gender), and is used when the subject is going to affect a group of people referred to in masculine or mixed terms.
Afectarlos is formed by attaching the pronoun los to the infinitive afectar. This construction is common when
Afectar can denote physical, emotional, social, or financial impact, among other senses. Afectarlos emphasizes that a
Afectar comes from Latin afficere, meaning to influence or to cause. Related forms include afectan (they affect),