bêm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bem"

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese bem. Sense 3 may be a calque of Cantonese 好 (“good; well; very; properly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beŋ/

Adverb

bêm

1. well

   bêm-pôsto ― well-dressed

2. (by extension) well, good (to a great degree)

   Já cholê êle di bem

   I thumped him hard

   (literally, “I thumped him well”)

3. (with di) very

   Êle bem di capaz!

   He is very smart!

   Estunga quanto casa sâm bem di feo

   These houses are very ugly

Derived terms

• bêm-fêto

Related terms

• bôm

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm