inmediatamente in Spanish: immediately (adverb)

/immeðjataˈmente/

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Translation

immediately

Word origin

From the adjective inmediato ('immediate') plus the adverbial suffix -mente, from Latin immediatus. The same root gives English immediately.

Origin: Latin
Root: immediatus
English cognates: immediately

Examples

Come here immediately.

, .

Immediately afterwards, the phone rang.

I recognised him immediately.

The doctor told him to stop smoking immediately.

We left the building immediately on hearing the alarm.

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This word is part of lesson 23.