infelizmente

Portuguese

Etymology

From infeliz +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feˌlizˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feˌlizˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feˌliʒˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feˌlizˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɨˌliʒˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: in‧fe‧liz‧men‧te

Adverb

infelizmente (not comparable)

1. unfortunately

   É verdade, infelizmente.

   It is unfortunately true.

2. unhappily

   Synonyms: descontentemente, tristemente

Antonyms

• alegremente, contentemente, felizmente

Further reading

• “infelizmente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From infeliz +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˌfeliθˈmente/ [ĩɱˌfe.liθ̬ˈmẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inˌfelisˈmente/ [ĩɱˌfe.lizˈmẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: in‧fe‧liz‧men‧te

Adverb

infelizmente

1. unfortunately, sadly

   Synonym: tristemente

Further reading

• “infelizmente”, 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