afectate

Afectate is the second-person singular affirmative imperative form of the Spanish reflexive verb afectarse. It translates roughly as “affect yourself” or “be affected yourself,” and is used when directing someone to experience or allow themselves to be affected by something. The form is uncommon in everyday speech, but may appear in rhetorical or poetic contexts, or in instructional text that uses direct address.

Background and senses of related verbs

Afectar, the non-reflexive base, has several senses: to influence or to produce an effect on something; to affect emotionally; and, in some contexts, to feign or adopt an appearance (afectar). The reflexive afectarse typically means to be affected, to become concerned or emotionally moved by something, or to experience the impact of an event or situation. The imperative afectate thus derives from this reflexive meaning when addressing a tú (informal you).

Orthography and usage notes

As with other Spanish imperatives that attach pronouns, afectarte may appear in written form as afectate, with the pronoun te appended. Depending on dialect or stylistic choice, some spellings may reflect accent placement to preserve typical stress patterns in the command form (for example, aféctate). In most ordinary prose, afectate is not a frequent word, and speakers often rephrase to convey the intended meaning more naturally.

Notability

Afectate does not denote a distinct concept or entity in standard lexicography. It is primarily a grammatical form of afectarse used in direct address, and its appearance is typically limited to specific stylistic or contextual uses.

See also

Afecto, Afectar, Afectación, Afectarse.