ternamente
Portuguese, adverb/ˌtɛʁ.naˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
ternamente is spelled T-E-R-N-A-M-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ternamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “fondly, affectionately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de modo terno”.
What does ternamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
fondly, affectionately
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de modo terno
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 ternamente
- mais ternamente comparative
- o mais ternamente superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ternamente?
- Brazil /ˌtɛʁ.naˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˌtɛɦ.naˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
- /ˌtɛɾ.naˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ternamente in Portuguese?
ternamente appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).