principalmente

Galician

Etymology

From principal +‎ -mente.

Adverb

principalmente

1. mainly
2. principally

Related terms

• principal

Italian

Etymology

From principale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prin.t͡ʃi.palˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧mén‧te

Adverb

principalmente

1. (archaic) in the first place, firstly
   • c. 13^th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Nino signoreggiò tutto el mondo, et come Appollonio se edificare Fiesole [How Ninus ruled the whole world, and how Apollonius was able to build Fiesole]”, in Historia antica‎^[1], published 1568, page 2:

     Dico principalmente che da Adamo insino a Nino Re, […] si fue anni dumila trecento quaranta quattro.

     Firstly I say that, from Adam to King Ninus, there were two-thousand three-hundred forty-four years

2. mainly

   Synonym: soprattutto

3. principally

Portuguese

Etymology

principal + -mente

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpawˈmẽ.te/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˌpalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [pɾĩ.siˌpaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧men‧te

Adverb

principalmente

1. principally, mainly

   Synonym: mormente

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:principalmente.

Spanish

Etymology

From principal +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾinˌθipalˈmente/ [pɾĩn̟ˌθi.palˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pɾinˌsipalˈmente/ [pɾĩnˌsi.palˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pal‧men‧te

Adverb

principalmente

1. mainly
2. principally

Related terms

• principal
• príncipe
• principio

 

Further reading

• “principalmente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014