supuestamente

/suˌpwestaˈmente/ · B1 · adv

supposedly

supuesta + mente = supposed + -ly, like supposedly in English

Supuesto is the past participle of suponer, to suppose. Spanish adds -mente to the feminine form to make adverbs, the way English adds -ly. So supuesta + mente lines up piece by piece with supposed + -ly.

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