principalmente

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Galician

Etymology

From principal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /pɾinθiˌpalˈmente/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /pɾinsiˌpalˈmente/

  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧men‧te

Adverb

principalmente

  1. mainly
  2. principally

Italian

Etymology

From principale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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, 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

Etymology

From principal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

principalmente

  1. principally, mainly
    Synonym: mormente

Quotations

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Spanish

Etymology

From principal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾinˌθipalˈmente/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾinˌsipalˈmente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pal‧men‧te

Adverb

principalmente

  1. mainly
  2. principally

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