mecanicamente

See also: mecánicamente

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mecânicamente (pre-reform spelling)
• mechanicamente (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor.

Latin mēchanicumlbor.

Portuguese mecânico

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese mecanicamente

From mecânico + -mente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˌkɐ̃.ni.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˌkɐ.ni.kɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: me‧ca‧ni‧ca‧men‧te

Adverb

mecanicamente (comparable)

1. mechanically

   Synonym: maquinalmente

Further reading

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