bêm
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bem"
Macanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese bem. Sense 3 may be a calque of Cantonese 好 (“good; well; very; properly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bêm
- well
- bêm-pôsto ― well-dressed
- (by extension) well, good (to a great degree)
- Já cholê êle di bem
- I thumped him hard
- (literally, “I thumped him well”)
- (with di) very
- Êle bem di capaz!
- He is very smart!
- Estunga quanto casa sâm bem di feo
- These houses are very ugly