There are not a few times that the word suddenly is written incorrectly. There are still many people or young people, who doubt how to write correctly suddenly, suddenly or suddenly. Let’s see… the correct word is the one that appears in the RAE.
That is, in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy. Therefore, if we look in that dictionary we will see that two of those options do not even appear. And they do not appear, because they do not exist. The correct way to say it and to write it is suddenly.
Precisely, if we look it up in the dictionary, it will tell us explicitly and just as it is: “loc. Adverb.
It means: suddenly, without preparation, without reasoning or thinking. Therefore, the word is written, separated. Suddenly. It will never go together, together or with several erres /r/.
The fastest and most reliable way to know if a word has been spelled correctly, even if we have doubts or someone tells us that it is spelled that way, is to take a look in the dictionary. If there it tells us that it is written that way, it is that it is written that way, in Spanish. Otherwise, it is that it does not exist and we are wrong.
The word suddenly is to say it correctly, an adverbial locution. It is equivalent to saying, for example, suddenly, unexpectedly, unexpectedly, etc. They are different ways to say the same thing. That is, say the same thing, with different words. A bit of a word is also not a bad thing, so you learn to say other words and you gain a greater enrichment of the language.
If you want to know synonyms of the word suddenly, these could be some: suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, etc. They are different ways of saying it and if you have doubts about how to write it next time and you don’t remember it, remember one of its synonyms. They are just as valid.
Instructions to write suddenly or suddenly
- As we have already said, therefore, the word suddenly is an adverbial locution that is used to replace the noun sudden or sudden. Something that happens or happens, without having expected it. Wasn’t it clear?
- Let’s give examples, then. “While the boy was playing soccer, he suddenly tripped over a stone and fell to the ground on his face.” Another example would be: “suddenly and without expecting it, it started to rain in an exaggerated way. We all ended up drenched.”
- You have already seen it, do not confuse yourself or confuse yourself more with writing everything together or thinking that both options can be correct, because they are not.
- The part of part of the word suddenly is really, a noun and adverb of manner. Since it is a way to be “SUDDENLY”, “suddenly”, “suddenly”, etc.
- The antonyms of the noun suddenly (some) are: reflectively, thoughtfully…
- Suddenly, it doesn’t exist. Neither with one /r/ (erre) but written all together nor with two /rr/ (erres). We have already said on numerous occasions that no, this conjunction does not exist.
- Written correctly, apart from an adverbial locution (which we also discussed already), we have not gutted the word to say why it is composed. That is, it is made up of a preposition (de) and a masculine noun (suddenly). Preposition + masculine noun.
- It comes, therefore, from verbs that are just as valid, such as saying: suddenly.
- You have to keep in mind what the adverbs are for. Adverbs follow the verb either in order to qualify it or to determine it. In the case suddenly, we would be talking (and we do) of a qualifying adverb . Because the qualifiers, as the word itself already says, qualify it. Suddenly: we would be talking about a qualifying adverb that says and indicates that something will be immediate, instantly, suddenly…
What do you need to write suddenly or suddenly?
- A dictionary of Spanish (Castilian).
- To verify and always clear up doubts, it is advisable to take a look at the RAE. The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- Take a look around the internet to see if you are right, but don’t look at forums because they can be just as wrong and mess you up even more.
- A pencil and paper to take notes.
- Knowing a bit of Castilian (Spanish) is essential to get rid of doubts with the meaning of words and how they are written.
- Read everything you can. It will help you a lot to acquire knowledge and new words.
- Don’t stop learning. That will give you a lot of knowledge and wisdom in the future.
- study. Review a little every day or in spare time, improve the language.
- Ask a friend to help you write dictations. That he dictates something to you and you write it down. Then he/she corrects it and tells you what words you have written wrong so that you can improve with compound words, for example. Which are usually the most complicated.
Tips for writing suddenly or suddenly
As a curiosity, in the Portuguese language, it is also written as in Spanish, separately and in the same way. Suddenly.
As always, the best thing to do when in doubt about how to write a word, adjective, pronoun, noun… any word, is to ask a person who knows how to speak and write the language correctly. But in the case of not having anyone around, the ideal thing to do is to do it yourself to be able to clear up any doubts. It will always be better to do it yourself to learn and expand your vocabulary. It is the best way to learn to write correctly a new language or a language that is not well mastered.
Perfect Castilian is neuter. That it is not better or worse than others, it is simply the language that is accepted as a Spanish language in Spain. The Castilian. It is not a very difficult language to learn, but it is true that some conjunctions, certain verbs, some words if you have to recognize and those who learn this language say so, they are a bit complicated.
When in doubt, an infallible tactic is to look and search for the information in the general dictionary that is approved and that is the base of all Spanish language dictionaries, that of the RAE: Real Academia Española.
As a summary, little more remains to be added. We repeat for the umpteenth time that the word, therefore, that is recognized in Spanish and that is the correct way to write it is suddenly (separated) and will never be suddenly, nor suddenly, nor similar variations… all wrong.
Never feel embarrassed to ask or misspelled it. Nobody is born knowing and the important thing is to try to do it well and improve little by little. A trick to improve the fluency of the language, acquire new knowledge, know new words, how they are written, how they are pronounced, what they mean… all this is learned, and a lot, by reading. Reading brings a lot of wealth and a lot of culture.
There are other words that also cause many headaches, such as suddenly. Some of the most common cases are the words midnight, noon, of course, instead, with permission, suddenly, etc. These among many others, it is not difficult for those who learn the Spanish language, to write them wrongly. And it’s not uncommon… they confuse many words between being compound words or being nouns or being written together.
Do not give up and continue to improve with the language. You will see that each time, you advance a little more and that any language is complicated. So go ahead.