fuertemente

strongly

adverb fwehr-teh-MEN-teh Rare

Also means

heavily

Usage Note

Fuertemente is the adverb from fuerte ('strong') and covers physical force (golpeó fuertemente, 'hit hard'), emotional intensity (afectó fuertemente, 'affected deeply'), and weather (llueve fuertemente, 'it is raining heavily'). Spanish -mente adverbs are always stressed on the base adjective's stressed syllable AND on -men-, giving two rhythmic beats.

Examples

"El viento sopla fuertemente esta noche."

Natural Translation

The wind is blowing strongly tonight.

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