How to Say "permanently" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “permanently” is “permanentemente” — B1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
La tienda ha cerrado permanentemente.
The store has closed permanently.
Ahora vivo permanentemente en España.
I live permanently in Spain now.
El archivo se borrará permanentemente de la computadora.
The file will be permanently deleted from the computer.
The '-mente' ending
This ending is the Spanish version of the English '-ly'. You can turn many adjectives into adverbs by adding it to the end of the feminine form of the adjective.
Word Order
In Spanish, these descriptive words usually come right after the action word (verb) they are describing, unlike in English where they often come before.
Don't add an accent
Mistake: “permanenteménte”
Correction: permanentemente. Even though it's a long word, it doesn't have a written accent mark because the base word 'permanente' doesn't have one.
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