actualmente

Galician

Etymology

From actual +‎ -mente.

Adverb

actualmente

1. currently, now, presently

Further reading

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

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Interlingua

Adverb

actualmente (comparative plus actualmente, superlative le plus actualmente)

1. currently, now, presently

   Synonyms: currentemente, ora, nunc, presentemente

Related terms

• actual

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Portuguese

Adverb

actualmente (comparable, comparative mais actualmente, superlative o mais actualmente)

1. Superseded spelling of atualmente. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French actuellement.

Adverb

actualmente

1. currently, at present, now

   Synonym: acum

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Spanish

Etymology

From actual +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaɡtwalˈmente/ [ˌaɣ̞.t̪walˈmẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ac‧tual‧men‧te

Adverb

actualmente

1. at present, currently, now, nowadays

   Synonym: hoy en día

   Actualmente está en Chicago.

   At the present time he's in Chicago.

Usage notes

• Actualmente is a false friend, and does not mean "actually". To say "actually" in Spanish, use realmente (in the sense of "really"), verdaderamente (in the sense of "truthfully") or the phrase en realidad (in the sense of "contrary to an assumption").

Further reading

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