particularmente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.?

Proto-Italic *partis

Latin pars

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin particula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin particulārislbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese particular

Portuguese particular

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese particularmente

From particular + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pah.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pah.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [paχ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻ.t͡ʃi.kuˌlaɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.kuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.kuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.kuˌla.ɾiˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: par‧ti‧cu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. particularly
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 137:

     Rony ralhou com um aluno do primeiro ano particularmente pequeno [...]

     Ron scolded a first-year student particularly small [...]

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.?

Proto-Italic *partis

Latin pars

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin particula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin particulārisbor.

Spanish particular

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish particularmente

From particular + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾtiˌkulaɾˈmente/ [paɾ.t̪iˌku.laɾˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: par‧ti‧cu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

particularmente

1. particularly

   Synonym: singularmente

Further reading

• “particularmente”, 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