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principalmente

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From principal +‎ -mente.

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Adverb edit

principalmente

  1. mainly
  2. principally

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

From principale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prin.t͡ʃi.palˈmen.te/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧mén‧te

Adverb edit

principalmente

  1. (archaic) in the first place, firstly
    • c. 13th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Nino signoreggiò tutto el mondo, et come Appollonio se edificare Fiesole [How Ninus ruled the whole world, and how Apollonius was able to build Fiesole]”, in Historia antica‎[1], published 1568, page 2:
      Dico principalmente che da Adamo insino a Nino Re, […] si fue anni dumila trecento quaranta quattro.
      Firstly I say that, from Adam to King Ninus, there were two-thousand three-hundred forty-four years
  2. mainly
    Synonym: soprattutto
  3. principally

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

principal + -mente

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpawˈmẽ.te/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

Adverb edit

principalmente

  1. principally, mainly
    Synonym: mormente

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From principal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾinˌθipalˈmente/ [pɾĩn̟ˌθi.palˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾinˌsipalˈmente/ [pɾĩnˌsi.palˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pal‧men‧te

Adverb edit

principalmente

  1. mainly
  2. principally

Related terms edit

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