formalmente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician formal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Galician -mente

Galician formalmente

From formal + -mente.

Adverb

formalmente

1. formally

   Antonym: informalmente

Further reading

• “formalmente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From formale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /for.malˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: for‧mal‧mén‧te

Adverb

formalmente

1. formally

   Antonym: informalmente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin fōrmālislbor.

Portuguese formal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese formalmente

From formal + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˌmawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [foɦˌmaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˌmawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [foɦˌmaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˌmawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [foɾˌmaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˌmawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [foʁˌmaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /foɻˌmawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [foɻˌmaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˌmalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [fuɾˌmaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˌmalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [fuɾˌmaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˌma.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: for‧mal‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. formally

   Antonym: informalmente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin formālislbor.

Spanish formal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Spanish -mente / -miente / -mientre

Spanish -mente

Spanish formalmente

From formal + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfoɾmalˈmente/ [ˌfoɾ.malˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: for‧mal‧men‧te

Adverb

formalmente

1. formally

   Antonym: informalmente

   • 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     En mayo, la agencia de inteligencia interna del país clasificó formalmente a la AfD como una entidad extremista que representa una amenaza para la democracia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• formalidad

Further reading

• “formalmente”, 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