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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ende ben”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “endebén”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ende ben”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega