somente
Portuguese, adverb
somente is spelled S-O-M-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 699th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “just, only, merely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sòmente is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, sómente is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1920 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente”.
What does somente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
just, only, merely
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of somente
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1920 in Portugal) of somente
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. apenas, unicamente, exclusivamente:
adverb: 1. vide somente
adverb: 1. vide somente
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 somente
- sòmente alternative
- sómente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to somente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somente in Portuguese?
somente appears 141 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).