à letra
Portuguese
Adverb
- word for word (in exactly the same words)
- Synonyms: palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris, verbatim
- to the letter (following rules exactly as they’re written)
- Synonyms: ao pé da letra, à risca
Further reading
- “à letra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026