somente

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sòmente (pre-reform spelling)
sómente (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese soomente~soamente, from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. By surface analysis, só +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔˈmẽ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔˈmẽ.tɨ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
Hyphenation: so‧men‧te

Adverb

somente (not comparable)

just, only, merely
Synonym: apenas

Descendants

Macanese: sômente

Further reading

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