irregularmente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulāris

Late Latin irrēgulārisbor.

Portuguese irregular

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese irregularmente

From irregular + -mente.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.he.ɡuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.he.ɡuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.he.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.χe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.he.ɡuˌlaɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.te/ [i.he.ɡuˌlaɦˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ʁɨ.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/ [i.ʁɨ.ɣuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ʁɨ.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/ [i.ʁɨ.ɣuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ʁɨ.ɡuˌla.ɾiˈmẽ.tɨ/ [i.ʁɨ.ɣuˌla.ɾiˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: ir‧re‧gu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. irregularly

   Antonym: regularmente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulāris

Late Latin irrēgulārisbor.

Spanish irregular

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish irregularmente

From irregular + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ireɡuˌlaɾˈmente/ [i.re.ɣ̞uˌlaɾˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧gu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

irregularmente

1. irregularly

   Antonym: regularmente

Further reading

• “irregularmente”, 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