Galician edit

Etymology edit

From literal +‎ -mente.

Adverb edit

literalmente

  1. literally

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

literal + -mente

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.teˌɾawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [li.teˌɾaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /li.teˌɾawˈmẽ.te/ [li.teˌɾaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /li.tɨˌɾalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [li.tɨˌɾaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /li.tɨˌɾa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

Adverb edit

literalmente

  1. literally, word for word
  2. (colloquial) literally (used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements)

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:literalmente.

Further reading edit

  • literalmente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French littéralement. By surface analysis, literal +‎ -mente.

Adverb edit

literalmente

  1. literally

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From literal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /liteˈɾalˌmente/ [li.t̪eˈɾalˌmẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ral‧men‧te

Adverb edit

literalmente

  1. literally
    Antonym: figurativamente
  2. verbatim

Further reading edit