incorrectamente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician incorrecto

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Galician -mente

Galician incorrectamente

From incorrecto + -mente.

Adverb

incorrectamente

1. incorrectly

   Antonym: correctamente

Portuguese

Adverb

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

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of incorretamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “incorrectamente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish incorrecto

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Spanish -mente / -miente / -mientre

Spanish -mente

Spanish incorrectamente

From incorrecto + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkoˌreɡtaˈmente/ [ĩŋ.koˌreɣ̞.t̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: in‧co‧rrec‧ta‧men‧te

Adverb

incorrectamente

1. incorrectly

   Antonym: correctamente

Further reading

• “incorrectamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026