bem

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bem"

Translingual

Symbol

bem

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

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

bem m

  1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) tree

References

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adverb

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:

Middle English

Noun

bem

  1. Alternative form of beem

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·bem

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·bem ·bem
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ 		·mbem
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Brazil)(file)
  • Homophone: vem (Porto)
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: bem

Adverb

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Interjection

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

Synonyms

  • (expression of approval): bravo

Noun

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?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bem.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

bem

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

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.

Volapük

Noun

bem (nominative plural bems)

  1. beam (object)

Declension

declension of bem
singular plural
nominative bem bems
genitive bema bemas
dative beme bemes
accusative bemi bemis
vocative 1 o bem! o bems!
predicative 2 bemu bemus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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