-mente

mente ménte menté mentė Asturian Etymology ast suffix :inh la:mēns<t:mente> 1 ast la mēns mente. Pronunciation Suffix Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. Derived terms ast Galician Etymology gl suffix :inh roa-opt:-mente 2 1 Compare pt -mente. Pronunciation gl -men te Suffix Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. Derived terms gl Interlingua Etymology ia es -mente and other Romance descendants of ia la mēns mente. Pronunciation ia /ˈmen.te/ ia -men te Suffix ia suffix Attaches to an adjective to form the corresponding adverb. ia physicamente physically Usage notes After a final -c the vowel -a- is inserted, e.g. ia physicamente (note use of ia physica rather than ia physic; *physicmente would be incorrect) Derived terms ia Italian Etymology it suffix :inh la:mēns<alt:mente> 1 it la mēns mente. Pronunciation -ménte Suffix it suffix -ménte Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. Usage notes Because the suffix originates as a reinterpretation of the Latin feminine noun form la mente in ablatival locutions [such as la clārā mente with a clear mind, whence it chiaramente]; if the root adjective ends in it -o, in formation of the adverb it is employed in its feminine singular form. Examples: it chiaro chiara clear chiaramente chiaramente clearly it fisico physical fisica fisicamente fisicamente physically it stupido stupid”, “foolish stupida stupidamente stupidamente stupidly”, “foolishly Adjectives ending in it -e, not distinguishing masculine and feminine forms, simply have the suffix attached to the singular form. Example: it grande great grandemente grandemente greatly When the root adjective ends in it -le, it -lo, it -re or it -ro, the suffix is attached directly to the consonant and the final vowel of the adjective is dropped. Examples: it speciale special specialmente specialmente especially”, “particularly it celere swift celermente celermente swiftly Terms derived with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate. Derived terms it Neapolitan Etymology nap suffix :inh la:mēns<t:mente> 1 nap la mēns mente. Pronunciation nap [ˈmɛn.tə] nap -men te Suffix nap suffix Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. Old Galician-Portuguese Etymology roa-opt suffix :inh la:mēns<alt:mente> + 1 Suffix roa-opt suffix adverb-forming suffixes Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb. roa-opt cruu cruamente cruel cruelly roa-opt forte fortemente strong strongly roa-opt primeiro primeiramente first firstly Derived terms roa-opt Descendants gl -mente pt -mente Portuguese Etymology pt suffix :inh roa-opt:-mente 1 pt roa-opt -mente, pt la mēns mente 1. Compare gl -mente. Pronunciation pt ẽtɨ Portugal ẽt͡ʃi Brazil 2 pt -men te Suffix Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -ly pt feliz -mente felizmente happy, fortunate -ly happily, fortunately pt uncommon Used to form adverbs from nouns; -ly pt mulher -mente mulhermente woman -ly womanly Usage notes -mente is generally added to the feminine form of the adjective, as that is the grammatical gender of pt mente mind. e.g. pt fisicamente, formed with pt física rather than pt físico. However, if the adjective ends with -ês, using the masculine form is the traditional and standard practice, as those adjectives were epicene until the beginning of the 16th century. In sequences of adverbs formed with -mente, it is traditionally dropped from all adverbs except the last in the sequence: pt Ele escrevia rápida e freneticamente. He was writing quickly and frenetically. Derived terms pt Related terms pt mente Further reading Spanish Etymology es suffix :inh osp:-mente//-miente//-mientre<ety:inh<la:mēns<alt:mente>>> 2 1 Pronunciation +<post:additionally stressing the syllable of the underlying adjective><audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha--mente.wav<a:Colombia>> Suffix Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb; -ly. es normal normalmente normal normally, usually es física físicamente physical physically es común comúnmente common commonly es loca locamente crazy crazily Usage notes Adverbs in es -mente are formed from the feminine singular forms of adjectives. For example, es nuevamente newly is formed from es nuevo nueva new, and es comúnmente commonly is formed from es común common. Not all words ending in es -mente are adverbs formed with this suffix. For example, es vehemente and es demente are both adjectives. In fact, adverbs es vehementemente and es dementemente both exist. If the adjective is written with an accent, then the adverb with es -mente is written with an accent in the same place; hence es comúnmente, es rápidamente, and so on. Conversely, if the adjective is written without an accent, then the adverb with es -mente is also written without an accent; hence es lentamente, es nuevamente, and so on. In a string of adverbs connected with a conjunction, es -mente may be omitted from all but the last: "es vagamente vaga, es rápidamente rápida es y es descuidado descuidadamente" -ment -miento Derived terms es Further reading