virtualmente

Italian

Etymology

From virtuale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vir.tu.alˈmen.te/, /vir.twalˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: vir‧tu‧al‧mén‧te, vir‧tual‧mén‧te

Adverb

virtualmente

1. virtually

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Italic *wiros

Latin vir

Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts

Latin -tūs

Latin virtūs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Medieval Latin virtuālislbor.

Portuguese virtual

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese virtualmente

From virtual + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [vih.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /viʁˌtwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [vihˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [vih.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /viʁˌtwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [vihˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viɾ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viɾ.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /viɾˌtwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viɾˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʁ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viχ.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /viʁˌtwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viχˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /viɻ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viɻ.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /viɻˌtwawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [viɻˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.tuˌawˈmẽ.te/ [vih.tʊˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /viʁˌtwawˈmẽ.te/ [vihˌtwaʊ̯ˈmẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾˌtwalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [viɾˌtwaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾˌtwalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [viɾˌtwaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biɾˌtwalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [biɾˌtwaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾˌtwa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: vir‧tu‧al‧men‧te

Adverb

virtualmente

1. virtually (in essence, but not in fact)
2. virtually (in a virtual manner)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Italic *wiros

Latin vir

Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts

Latin -tūs

Latin virtūs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Medieval Latin virtuālislbor.

Spanish virtual

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish virtualmente

From virtual + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾˌtwalˈmente/ [biɾˌt̪walˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: vir‧tual‧men‧te

Adverb

virtualmente

1. virtually
2. potentially

   Synonym: potencialmente

Further reading

• “virtualmente”, 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