"-mente" meaning in Spanish

See -mente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈmente/, [ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente Etymology: A dialectal modification of Old Spanish -miente, -mientre (compare Catalan -ment), from Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|-miente}} Old Spanish -miente, {{m|es|-mientre}} -mientre, {{cog|ca|-ment}} Catalan -ment, {{der|es|la|mente}} Latin mente, {{m|la|mēns||mind}} mēns (“mind”) Head templates: {{es-adv}} -mente (adverb-forming suffix)
  1. -wise, -ly, in a specified way; forms adverbs from adjectives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--mente-es-suffix-byzKHv-c Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for -mente meaning in Spanish (1.7kB)

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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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      "name": "inh"
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "física (“physical”) + -mente → físicamente (“physically”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "común (“common”) + -mente → comúnmente (“commonly”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "loca (“crazy”) + -mente → locamente (“crazily”)",
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        }
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    },
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    }
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        "3": "",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish suffixes",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        {
          "text": "normal (“normal”) + -mente → normalmente (“normally, usually”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "física (“physical”) + -mente → físicamente (“physically”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "común (“common”) + -mente → comúnmente (“commonly”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "loca (“crazy”) + -mente → locamente (“crazily”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "-wise, -ly, in a specified way; forms adverbs from adjectives"
      ],
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          "-wise",
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          "-ly",
          "-ly"
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      "ipa": "[ˈmẽn̪.t̪e]"
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