gradualmente

Galician

Etymology

From gradual +‎ -mente.

Adverb

gradualmente

1. gradually

Italian

Etymology

From graduale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡra.du.alˈmen.te/, /ɡra.dwalˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: gra‧du‧al‧mén‧te, gra‧dual‧mén‧te

Adverb

gradualmente

1. gradually

Portuguese

Etymology

gradual + -mente

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.duˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾa.dʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˌdwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾaˌdwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.duˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾa.dʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˌdwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾaˌdwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.duˌawˈmẽ.te/ [ɡɾa.dʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˌdwawˈmẽ.te/ [ɡɾaˌdwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˌdwalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ɡɾɐˌðwaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˌdwalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ɡɾɐˌðwaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˌdwa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ɡɾɐˌðwa.liˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: gra‧du‧al‧men‧te

Adverb

gradualmente (comparable, comparative mais gradualmente, superlative o mais gradualmente)

1. gradually
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 246:

     Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.

     Then they continued to study while the sky outside was becoming gradually darker.

Spanish

Etymology

From gradual +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾadwalˈmente/ [ˌɡɾa.ð̞walˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: gra‧dual‧men‧te

Adverb

gradualmente

1. gradually

Further reading

• “gradualmente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014