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How to Say "significantly" in Spanish

The most common Spanish word for “significantly” is “considerablemente” — use 'considerablemente' when the change or amount is large enough to be noticeable or important..

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considerablemente

/kon-see-deh-rah-bleh-men-teh//konsiðeɾaβleˈmente/

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Use 'considerablemente' when the change or amount is large enough to be noticeable or important.
A small pile of gold coins next to a very large, towering pile of gold coins.

Examples

El precio de la vivienda ha subido considerablemente este año.

Housing prices have gone up considerably this year.

Tu español ha mejorado considerablemente en pocos meses.

Your Spanish has improved significantly in a few months.

La población de la ciudad aumentó considerablemente tras la construcción de la fábrica.

The city's population grew substantially after the factory was built.

Making Adverbs with -mente

To make this word, take the adjective 'considerable' and add '-mente' to the end. In Spanish, '-mente' is just like adding '-ly' in English.

Where to put it

You usually place 'considerablemente' right after the action word (the verb) it is describing, like 'mejoró considerablemente'.

Avoid saying 'más considerablemente'

Mistake: “Su salud mejoró más considerablemente.”

Correction: Su salud mejoró considerablemente. (The word already implies 'a lot', so you don't usually need 'más'.)

notablemente

/no-tah-bleh-MEN-teh//notaβleˈmente/

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Use 'notablemente' when you want to emphasize that a change is very noticeable or striking.
A small green seedling next to a very tall, lush sunflower showing a large amount of growth.

Examples

Las ventas han mejorado notablemente este mes.

Sales have improved significantly this month.

La temperatura bajó notablemente durante la noche.

The temperature dropped notably during the night.

Su español es notablemente mejor que el año pasado.

Your Spanish is remarkably better than last year.

The '-mente' ending

In Spanish, adding '-mente' to the end of a word is just like adding '-ly' in English to describe how something is done.

Where to put the word

You usually place this word right after the action word (verb) it is describing, like 'mejoró notablemente' (it improved significantly).

Adding unnecessary accents

Mistake: “notáblemente”

Correction: notablemente. Even though the original word 'notable' is stressed on the 'ta', when we add '-mente', the stress moves to the 'men' and we don't need a written accent mark.

Choosing between 'considerablemente' and 'notablemente'

Learners often confuse these as direct synonyms. While both indicate a large degree, 'notablemente' puts more emphasis on how *obvious* or *striking* the change is, whereas 'considerablemente' focuses more on the *size* or *importance* of the change.

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