literalmente

Galician

Etymology

From literal +‎ -mente.

Adverb

literalmente

1. literally

Further reading

• “literalmente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

literal + -mente

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.teˌɾawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [li.teˌɾaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.tɨˌɾalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [li.tɨˌɾaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.tɨˌɾa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: li‧te‧ral‧men‧te

Adverb

literalmente

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:literalmente.

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adverb

literalmente

1. literally

Spanish

Etymology

From literal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

literalmente

1. literally

   Antonym: figurativamente

2. verbatim

Further reading

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