cruamente

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From crua (“cruel”) +‎ -mente.

Adverb

cruamente

1. cruelly

Descendants

• Galician: cruamente
• Portuguese: cruamente

Further reading

• Manuel Ferreiro (since 2014) “cruamente”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cruamente. By surface analysis, cru +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾu.aˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾu.aˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾu.aˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾu.ɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: cru‧a‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. rawly
2. crudely

   O polícia disse-lhe cruamente que o seu filho havia morrido.

   The policeman told her crudely that her son had died.

Related terms

• cru