benfeito
See also: Benfeito
Galician
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editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese benfeyto.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbenfeito (feminine benfeita, masculine plural benfeitos, feminine plural benfeitas)
- handsome; slender
- 1724, Luis de Losada, Mourning for death of king Luis:
- Pò la mañà ben cedo
O nosso Rey Don Luis,
Mais ledo, mais garrido,
Qu'ò cravel, è ò jazmin:
Tan lindo, tan benfeito
Que posto cabe d'il,
Adonis ê un probiño,
Narciso vn aprendiz:- Early in the morning
our king Luís,
more joyful, lusher,
than carnation, than jasmine:
so beauty, so handsome
that by his side
Adonis is but a poor thing,
Narcissus an apprentice
- Early in the morning
Noun
editbenfeito m (plural benfeitos)
- benefit
- 1889, A Monteira, number 6, page 47:
- E nun peródico amerecano, El Noticiero Gallego, lemos: «Astra d'agora os nosos homes políticos perderon o tempo en discusiós moi lindas, prenuncians'oraciós subrimes i arrebatadoras; pro ¿qué benfeitos alcanzou o país? Ningún.»
- In an American periodical, The Galician Gazetteer, we read: "Until now our politicians have lost their time in beautiful debates; they pronounce discourses that are sublime and captivating; but, what are the benefits that the country has obtained? None.
References
edit- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “benfeito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “benfe.to”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ben fe.to”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “benfeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “benfeito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “benfeito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
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- Hyphenation: ben‧fei‧to
Adjective
editbenfeito (feminine benfeita, masculine plural benfeitos, feminine plural benfeitas)
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