respectivament

Respectivament is a Catalan adverb meaning "respectively." It is used to indicate that elements in two or more lists correspond to one another in the same order as they appear. In Catalan writing, it typically follows the items it relates to, signaling the mapping between corresponding elements.

Usage of respectivament is common in formal or technical writing, including academic, legal, and editorial contexts, where concise linkage between paired items is required. It helps avoid repeating full phrases like “the first ..., the second ..., and so on.” While widely understood in Catalan, its use is less frequent in casual speech, where speakers may spell out the correspondence more directly.

Etymology and cognates: respectivament derives from the Latin respectivus, through Romance-language developments. It has cognates in other languages that express the same idea, such as respectivement in French, respectively in English, respectivamente in Spanish, and rispettivamente in Italian. The Catalan form is the standard adverbial ending used to convey the same sense of ordered correspondence across two or more lists or statements.