bem
- (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forBemba.
FromOld High Germanboum, fromProto-Germanic*baumaz. Cognate withGermanBaum,Dutchboom,Englishbeam.
bem m
- (Rimella andCampello Monti)tree
FromPortuguesebem(“well; very”), fromOld Galician-Portugueseben, fromLatinbene(“well”).
bem
- very(to a high degree)
1883, Hugo Schuchardt,Kreolische Studien, volume 3:Trasê tamêm um vaquinhbem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:- Bring also a small andvery fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:
bem
- alternative form ofbeem
·bem
- first-personpluralpresentsubjunctiveconjunct ofat·tá
Mutation of·bem| radical | lenition | nasalization |
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pronounced with/βʲ-/ | ·mbem |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseben, fromLatinbene(“well”).
bem (comparable,comparativemelhorormaisbem,superlativeomelhororomaisbem)
- (comparable withmais bem ormelhor; see notes)well;accurately;competently
- Antonym:mal
- Este filme foi muitobem produzido. ―This film was produced verywell.
- (not comparable)well;fairly;rather(to a significant degree)
- Ele entrou no hospital com uma feridabem ruim. ―He got into the hospital with arather nasty wound.
- (familiar, not comparable)very;really(to a high degree)
- Synonyms:assaz,bastante,muito
- Antonyms:pouco,um pouco
- Vai embora que eu estoubem bravo. ―Go away ’cause I’mreally angry.
2007, Rubens Edwald Filho, Nilu Lebert,O cinema vai à mesa, Editora Melhoramentos,→ISBN,page31:
- (comparable withmelhor)well;all right;fine;OK(healthy; not wounded or sick)
- Antonym:mal
- Estoubem, podemos continuar. ―I’mfine, we can go on.
- Ele não estábem da cabeça. ―He’s notright in the head.
- (comparable withmelhor)well;all right;fine;OK(feeling good)
- Antonym:mal
- Faz tempo que não a vejo. Ela estábem? ―I haven’t seen her in a long time. Is sheall right?
- (comparable withmelhor)fairly;justly(in a fair manner)
- Antonym:mal
- O juiz fezbem em condená-los. ―The judge actedfairly in convicting them.
- (not comparable)(Brazil)exactly;right on
- Chegarambem na hora. ―They arrivedright on time.
The comparative ofadverb sense 1 is prescriptivelymais bem;melhor is frequently used, but considered incorrect by prescriptive grammarians. Compare the two sentences:
- Este filme émais bem produzido do que aquele.(prescriptive) ―This film isbetter produced than that one. (literally, “more well-produced”)
- Este filme émelhor produzido do que aquele.(proscribed) ―This film isbetter produced than that one.
bem
- Used to express approval.
- Synonym:bravo
- well(used to introduce a new sentence, idea or line of thought)
- Bem, eu vou ficar aqui. ―Well, I’m staying here.
bem m (countable anduncountable,pluralbens)
- (chiefly narratology, uncountable, with definite article)good(the ensemble of forces that conspire for good, as opposed to evil)
- Antonym:mal
- Mais um conto sobre a luta dobem contra o mal. ―Yet another tale about the fight betweengood and evil.
- (uncountable)good;well-being
- Pode ser que você não goste, mas é para o seubem. ―You may not like it, but it’s for your owngood.
- (countable) agooddeed
- Antonym:mal
- Fazer obem não custa nada. ―It costs nothing to do theright thing.
- Hoje eu fiz umbem: ajudei uma velhinha a atravessar a rua. ―Today I did agood deed: I helped an old lady cross the street.
- (countable)good;property(item that is owned by a person)
- Synonym:propriedade
- Ele faliu e teve que vender quase todos os seusbens. ―He went bankrupt and had to sell most of hisgoods.
2007, Márcia Tolotti,As Armadilhas do Consumo, Elsevier Brasil,→ISBN,page51:Isso ocorre quando a falta ou a escassez debens materiais representa um autodesprezo e uma prova de inferioridade.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (countable, usually with a possessive pronoun)darling;dear(term of address for a loved one)
- Synonyms:querido,bem-querer,amor
Você vem conosco, meubem?- Are you coming with us, mydear?
bem
- first-personpluralpresentindicative/subjunctive ofbea
bem
- (colloquial) tobeat; togive abeating
- Synonyms:đập,đánh,quýnh,uýnh,bụp,choảng
Hôm qua tụi nóbem nhau, giờ nằm viện hết rồi.- Yesterday, they fought each other for some reason, now they're both at the hospital.
bem (genitivebema,pluralbems)
- beam(object)
1952, Arie de Jong,Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:E kis-li? Logol cipi in log bloda olik, ebemi in log olik no küpol!- Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice thegreat log in your own?
