mormente
Portuguese, adverb/mɔʁ.ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
mormente is spelled M-O-R-M-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mormente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “principally, mainly; chiefly (for the most part)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “principalmente”.
What does mormente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
principally, mainly; chiefly (for the most part)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. principalmente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mormente
- maiormente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mormente?
- Brazil /mɔʁ.ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mormente in Portuguese?
mormente appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).