Alternative forms

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  • bon-facar, bonafacar, bona-facar

Etymology

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From bona (good) +‎ facar (to make, do).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bonfacar (present bonfacas, past bonfacis, future bonfacos, conditional bonfacus, imperative bonfacez)

  1. (intransitive) to do good, be a benefactor
    • 1911, La Deligitaro, Progreso - Volume 3, page 375:
      Stephen Girard; biografio di Franco, qua multe bonfacis urbo Philadelphia
      Stephen Girard; biography of a Frenchman, who made the city of Philadelphia a lot of good
  2. (transitive) to do good to (someone)
    • 1908, Johann Baptiste Pinth, Jesu Kristo: sa biografio segun la quar evangelyi, page 36:
      Lor via rekompenso esos granda, e vi esos infanti di la max alta Sinioro, qua bonfacas anke la ne-dankozi e malboni
      Then your reward will be hugh, and you will be children of the highest lord, who also does good to the ungrateful and wicked ones

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • bonfaco (benefaction, good offices, benefit, favor)