gentilmente

Italian

Etymology

From gentile +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒen.tilˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: gen‧til‧mén‧te

Adverb

gentilmente

1. kindly, courteously
2. finely, delicately
3. gently

Portuguese

Etymology

From gentil +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌt͡ʃiwˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ʒẽˌt͡ʃiʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌt͡ʃiwˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ʒẽˌt͡ʃiʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌt͡ʃiwˈmẽ.te/ [ʒẽˌt͡ʃiʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌtilˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ʒẽˌtiɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌtilˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ʒẽˌtiɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˌti.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: gen‧til‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. gently (in a gentle manner)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From gentil +‎ -mente.

Adverb

gentilmente

1. kindly

Further reading

• “gentilmente”, 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