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-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Medieval Latin virtuālislbor.

Portuguese virtual

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 virtualmente

From virtual + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (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-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Medieval Latin virtuālislbor.

Spanish virtual

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 virtualmente

From virtual + -mente.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

virtualmente

1. virtually
   • 2020 July 5, Ángeles Lucas, “‘Tiktokers’ y ‘kpopers’ se adentran en la arena política”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 December 2020:

     El departamento de bomberos de Tulsa contabilizó unas 6.200 personas en el mitin, pero la oficina del presidente negó tajantemente que “los izquierdistas y trolls de Internet” conozcan sus métodos para eliminar números de teléfonos que calificó como falsos y los sortearan para ocupar virtualmente plazas que no usaron.

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2. potentially

   Synonym: potencialmente

Further reading

• “virtualmente”, 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