exprofesamente
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ex profeso + -mente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Argentina) (file)
Adverb[edit]
exprofesamente
- (Mexico, nonstandard) Synonym of ex profeso
Usage notes[edit]
- Attested as a correct form in Mexican Spanish.[1][2]
- In other countries this form is seen as ill-formed. The suffix -mente derives adverbs from adjectives, but ex profeso is already an adverb.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "exprofesamente" in Diccionario del Español de México.
- ^ “exprofesamente” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
- ^ "*exprofesamente" in El Castellano.org