diferentemente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese diferente

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese diferentemente

From diferente + -mente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.feˌɾẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fɨˌɾẽ.tɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: di‧fe‧ren‧te‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. differently

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish diferente

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish diferentemente

From diferente + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difeˌɾenteˈmente/ [d̪i.feˌɾẽn̪.t̪eˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: di‧fe‧ren‧te‧men‧te

Adverb

diferentemente

1. differently

Further reading

• “diferentemente”, 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