About Fuertemente word

Question

Seeing the answers in the last word of the day I have concluded that this word is not easy to translate. Many people try to translate it directly from "strongly" and "hardly" and most of time this formula doesn't work in Spanish. I think that the reason is that in Spanish many verbs are strongly associated with specific adverbs.

For example, "oponer" and "creer" verbs are associated with "firmemente" or "aconsejar" is used usually with "encarecidamnte".

Another problem is that in English is usual the construction "so+adverb" and in Spanish is used "tan+adjective". Whe can use "tan+adverb" but is followed by a "participle past + que":

• Iba tan fuertemente armado que...

We use the word associated to "armado", "relacionado", "asociado"..., to those verb that require the use of strenght "golpear", "agarrar", "coger", "empujar"... Or those words associated with emotions... Surely there are more situations but now I don't remember them.

You can see a list of phrases in http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/fuertemente You can see that many times is not translated from strongly or hardly.

Good job. Great contribution. Thanks - RelaxingCup, Sep 27, 2013

Seems there's a typo in the title, fuertemente and not frecuentemente? This is a very good point and I'm going to save your post for future reference. The word hardly, contrary to all logic, isn't the adverb of hard, it means "barely, almost not/never". - Manity, Sep 27, 2013

Answer 1

I am pretty sure I will remember this word forever. Thank you, Caiser!

Haha, yeah :D - Manity, Sep 27, 2013

Answer 2

In an attempt to find out more about the (so + adverb) =/= (tan + adverb) disparity, I ended up here where the guy explains how sometimes an adjective is used in Spanish where you'd expect an adverb in English. His examples are as follows:

• Habla muy claro. -- He speaks very clearly.

• Anduve rápido, observándolo todo. -- I walked quickly, observing everything.

• No hay necesidad de empujar fuerte. -- It isn't necessary to push hard.

Now, it would be awesome if someone could provide answers to the following questions.

• Firstly, of course, do you agree with these sentences, do you think they're correct in Spanish (I don't rule out the possibility that he's wrong)?

• Secondly, can you introduce "tan" in these examples to mean that the thing was done so clearly, so quickly or so hard?

• Finally, is it really possible to replace the adjectives with adverbs as he suggests (Habla muy claramente.) and if yes, can they be modified by "tan"?

(Dear mods, let me know or just go ahead and shuffle things around if you feel this shouldn't be an answer here but rather a separate question.)

All sentences are correct in Spanish. - caiser, Sep 27, 2013

Answer 3

Great post Caiser.

These are the kinds of things that take so long to learn in another language.

Often, we write something that is not truly incorrect, but, it's simply not a word combination that a native would ever use. Very tricky stuff.

Thanks for helping sort this one out. I'm going to save it in my Spanish evernote database for future reference.

Salud!

Answer 4

Thank you Caiser. This is very helpful information.