idealmente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.

Ancient Greek ῐ̓δεῖν (ĭdeîn)

Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa)der.

Latin idea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ideālisder.

Galician ideal

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 idealmente

From ideal + -mente.

Adverb

idealmente

1. ideally

Italian

Etymology

From ideale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.de.alˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: i‧de‧al‧mén‧te

Adverb

idealmente

1. ideally

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.

Ancient Greek ῐ̓δεῖν (ĭdeîn)

Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa)der.

Latin idea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ideālislbor.

Portuguese ideal

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 idealmente

From ideal + -mente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.deˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [i.deˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˌdjalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [iˌðjaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˌdjalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [iˌðjaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˌdja.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: i‧de‧al‧men‧te

Adverb

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

1. ideally

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.

Ancient Greek ῐ̓δεῖν (ĭdeîn)

Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa)der.

Latin idea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ideālisder.

Spanish ideal

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 idealmente

From ideal + -mente.

Adverb

idealmente

1. ideally

Further reading

• “idealmente”, 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