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directamente

Portuguese, adverb

directamente is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-A-M-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Directamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does directamente mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of directamente

  • mais directamente comparative
  • o mais directamente superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is directamente in Portuguese?

directamente appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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