bem

bem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bemba.

• Baaum, baum, böim

From Old High German boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Cognate with German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.

bem m

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) tree

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Portuguese bem (“well; very”), from Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene (“well”).

bem

1. very (to a high degree)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

bem

1. Alternative form of beem

• IPA^(key):

·bem

1. first-person plural present subjunctive conjunct of at·tá

• bẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene (“well”).

• (Alentejo, Portugal) IPA^(key): (pausal) , (non-pausal)

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Homophone: vem (Northern Portugal)
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: bem

bem (comparable, comparative melhor, superlative ótimo)

1. well; accurately; competently

   Este filme foi muito bem produzido.

   This film was produced very well.

2. well; fairly; rather (to a significant degree)

   Ele entrou no hospital com uma ferida bem ruim.

   He got into the hospital with a rather nasty wound.

3. (familiar) very; really (to a high degree)

   Vai embora que eu estou bem bravo.

   Go away ’cause I’m really angry.

4. well; all right; fine; OK (healthy; not wounded or sick)

   Estou bem, podemos continuar.

   I’m fine, we can go on.

   Ele não está bem da cabeça.

   He’s not right in the head.

5. well; all right; fine; OK (feeling good)

   Faz tempo que não a vejo. Ela está bem?

   I haven’t seen her in a long time. Is she all right?

6. fairly; justly (in a fair manner)

   O juiz fez bem em condená-los.

   The judge acted fairly in convicting them.

7. (Brazil) exactly; right on

   Chegaram bem na hora.

   They arrived right on time.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

• (well): assaz, bastante
• (very): bastante, muito
• (justly): justamente

• (antonym(s) of “well”): mal, pouco
• (antonym(s) of “very”): pouco
• (antonym(s) of “justly”): mal

• bem-fazer
• bem-vindo
• parabéns
• também
• tudo bem

• benfeitor
• bom

• mau

bem

1. used to express approval
2. well (used to introduce a new sentence, idea or line of thought)

   Bem, eu vou ficar aqui.

   Well, I’m staying here.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

• (expression of approval): bravo

bem m (plural bens)

1. (chiefly narratology) good (the ensemble of forces that conspire for good, as opposed to evil)

   Mais um conto sobre a luta do bem contra o mal.

   Yet another tale about the fight between good and evil.

2. good; property (item that is owned by a person)

   Ele faliu e teve que vender quase todos os seus bens.

   He went bankrupt and had to sell most of his goods.

3. (usually with a possessive pronoun) darling; dear (term of address for a loved one)

   Você vem conosco, meu bem?

   Are you coming with us, my dear?

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

• (virtue): virtude
• (benefit): benefício, proveito
• (property): propriedade
• (darling): querido

• (antonym(s) of “favorable forces”): mal
• (antonym(s) of “virtue”): mal
• (antonym(s) of “benefit”): mal

• IPA^(key):

bem

1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of bea

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

bem

1. (colloquial) to beat; to give a beating

   Synonyms: đập, đánh, quýnh, uýnh, bụp, choảng

   Hôm qua tụi nó bem nhau, giờ nằm viện hết rồi.

   Yesterday, they fought each other for some reason, now they're both at the hospital.

bem (nominative plural bems)

1. beam (object)
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:

     E kis-li? Logol cipi in log bloda olik, e bemi in log olik no küpol!

     Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the great log in your own?