cordialmente

Italian

Etymology

From cordiale +‎ -mente.

Adverb

cordialmente

1. cordially, warmly

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cordiālislbor.

Portuguese cordial

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese cordialmente

From cordial + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɦ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɦˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɦ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɦˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɾ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /koɾˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɾˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koʁ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koʁˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɻ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /koɻˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koɻˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.d͡ʒiˌawˈmẽ.te/ [koɦ.d͡ʒɪˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /koʁˌd͡ʒjawˈmẽ.te/ [koɦˌd͡ʒjaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˌdjalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [kuɾˌðjaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˌdjalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [kuɾˌðjaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˌdja.liˈmẽ.tɨ/ [kuɾˌðja.liˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: cor‧di‧al‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. cordially (in a cordial manner)

Further reading

• “cordialmente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cordialmente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cordial

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish cordialmente

From cordial + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˌdjalˈmente/ [koɾˌð̞jalˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: cor‧dial‧men‧te

Adverb

cordialmente

1. cordially
2. best regards (polite closing of a letter)

   Synonym: atentamente

Further reading

• “cordialmente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025