regularmente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Late Latin rēgulārislbor.

Portuguese regular

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

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese regularmente

From regular + -mente.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.ɡuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.ɡuˌlaɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [χe.ɡuˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡuˌlaɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.ɡuˌlaɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ʁɨ.ɣuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ/ [ʁɨ.ɣuˌlaɾˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡuˌla.ɾiˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: re‧gu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. regularly

   Antonym: irregularmente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Late Latin rēgulārislbor.

Spanish regular

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 regularmente

From regular + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˌɡulaɾˈmente/ [reˌɣ̞u.laɾˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: re‧gu‧lar‧men‧te

Adverb

regularmente

1. regularly

   Antonym: irregularmente

Further reading

• “regularmente”, 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