presentemente

Italian

Etymology

From presente +‎ -mente.

Adverb

presentemente

1. at present, at the moment

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sum

Latin praesum

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin praesentem

Old Galician-Portuguese presente

Portuguese presente

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese presentemente

From presente + -mente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˌzẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˌzẽ.tɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: pre‧sen‧te‧men‧te

Adverb

presentemente

1. presently, currently

   Synonym: actualmente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sum

Latin praesum

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin praesentemder.

Spanish presente

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Spanish -mente / -miente / -mientre

Spanish -mente

Spanish presentemente

From presente + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˌsenteˈmente/ [pɾeˌsẽn̪.t̪eˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧sen‧te‧men‧te

Adverb

presentemente

1. presently; currently

Further reading

• “presentemente”, 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