"bêm" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Macanese]

IPA: /beŋ/
Etymology: From Portuguese bem. Sense 3 may be a calque of Cantonese 好 (“good; well; very; properly”). Etymology templates: {{der|mzs|pt|bem}} Portuguese bem, {{calque|mzs|yue|好|nocap=1|t=good; well; very; properly}} calque of Cantonese 好 (“good; well; very; properly”) Head templates: {{head|mzs|adverb}} bêm
  1. well
    Sense id: en-bêm-mzs-adv-p3Irdl0V Categories (other): Macanese terms with collocations
  2. (by extension) well, good (to a great degree) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-bêm-mzs-adv-atr-8yDY
  3. (with di) very
    Sense id: en-bêm-mzs-adv-TGpIOfg9 Categories (other): Macanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Macanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bêm-fêto Related terms: bôm
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0
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