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Por favor, ¿qué significa la palabra:Increíblemente
y un ejemplo de su uso ....

This is an adverb and means Incredibly, unbelievably

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updated Apr 22, 2009
posted by Panos

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I wouldn't call that a correction, since there is no error to correct.

Sorry. Make that "a small suggestion" rather than "a small correction".

("increíblemente rápidamente" still hurts my ears though...)

updated Apr 21, 2009
posted by 00719c95
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él habló increíblemente rápidamente

he spoke incredibly quickly

Small correction: "él habló increíblemente rápido"

I wouldn't call that a correction, since there is no error to correct. Rápidamente is exclusively an adverb, while rápido is both an adjective and an adverb (and in that way is the same as the English word fast). There might be some who think your version sounds better (and I include myself in that group), but Eddy's version is perfectly correct.

It is fine, to the best of my knowledge, to use two adverbs together in Spanish if one modifies the other, as in this case. That is, increíblemente is modifying rápidamente. However, if the two (or more) adverbs are parallel, and all modify something else, then only the last one in the string takes the adverbial form, and the rest take the adjectival form.

Lo dijo seria y claramente
She said it seriously and clearly.

It is incorrect to say "Lo dijo seriamente y claramente."

updated Apr 21, 2009
posted by 00bacfba
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Por favor, ¿qué significa la palabra:Increíblemente

y un ejemplo de su uso ....

This is an adverb and means Incredibly, unbelievably

él habló increíblemente rápidamente - he spoke incredibly quickly

I know we have two adverbs here but it works in English, not too sure about the Spanish.

updated Apr 21, 2009
posted by Eddy
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él habló increíblemente rápidamente

he spoke incredibly quickly

Small correction: "él habló increíblemente rápido"

updated Apr 21, 2009
posted by 00719c95