tamén

See also: tamen and tāmen

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“as, so”) +‎ ben (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈmen/
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: ta‧mén

Adverb

tamén

1. also, as well, too

   Antonym: tampocu

   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     Limita tamén, por o Norti, con Salamanca, cumu o fain en tal orientación os términus de As Ellas, San Martín i Valverdi.

     It also borders Salamanca to the north, as do the localities of Eljas, San Martín and Valverde in that direction.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• tamém (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“as; so”) + ben (“well”). Cognate with Portuguese também and Spanish también.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈmɛŋ/ [t̪aˈmɛ̃ŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Hyphenation: ta‧mén

Adverb

tamén

1. (dated) either; including
   • 1354, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijoo", page 199:

     toda a erdade que vos o dito Lopo Rodríguez teedes en Revoredo, que he ena freyguisía de San Miguel de Calvelle, tanben casas, árvores, cortinas, terreos,

     all the property that thou, the aforementioned Lopo Rodríguez, have in Reboredo, which is in the parish of Saint Michael of Calvelle, including houses, trees, gardens, plots

2. also, too, as well
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Mais que po lo dito seja,
     que eu tamen quero brindar
     por todos desta maneyra.

     More for what have been said
     that I also want to toast
     for all in this way

   Eu tamén o quero! ― I want it too!

3. even

   Ti tamén es parvo! Iso non se fai! ― You are (even) stupid! You shouldn't do that!

   Synonym: mesmo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tambem”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tanben”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tamén”, 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), “tamén”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tamén”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN