verdaderamente

truly

adverb behr-dah-deh-rah-MEN-teh Rare

Also means

really

Usage Note

Verdaderamente is the adverb of verdadero ('true, genuine') and is used to intensify a claim emphatically: verdaderamente increíble ('truly incredible'). It is more formal than de verdad or realmente. In writing it often appears sentence-initially for rhetorical emphasis. Do not confuse with verdad used as a tag question (¿verdad? = 'right? isn't it?').

Examples

"Eso es verdaderamente impresionante."

Natural Translation

That is truly impressive.

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