ende ben

Galician

Alternative forms

• endebén

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ende ben (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [endeˈβɛŋ]

Adverb

ende ben

1. fortunately, luckily

   Synonym: afortunadamente

Conjunction

ende ben

1. fortunately, luckily

   Synonyms: afortunadamente, por sorte

   Antonym: ende mal

Interjection

ende ben

1. (idiomatic) thank goodness

   Antonym: ende mal

   • 1820, anonymous author, Segunda tertulia na Quintana:

     Endebén: fólgome que estea alegre agora, pois cando saéu daquí, noas lebaba todas consigo.

     Thank goodness. I congratulate myself on he feeling merry now, because when he left here, he was not sure about the outcome.

References

• “ende ben” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “endebén” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ende ben” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.