bêm-fêto

Macanese

Alternative forms
  • bem fêto

Etymology

From Portuguese bem feito (literally “well done; well made”), or may have arisen naturally in Macanese, i.e. bêm +‎ fêto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beŋ ˈfetu/

Adverb

bêm-fêto

  1. well, correctly, properly
    Olâ bêm-fêto!
    Take a good look!
    (literally, “Look well!”)
    Êle papiâ português qui bêm-fêto
    He speaks Portuguese well
    Miguel nim sábi papiâ bêm-fêto Patuá
    Miguel doesn't even know how to speak Macanese well
    China dále sin-pun pa contâ más bém-fêto
    The Chinese man used the abacus to calculate more properly

Usage notes
  • Compared to bêm, bêm-fêto emphasizes the aspect of doing something correctly or properly, while bêm has a more general sense of "well".

Derived terms
  • gente bêm-fêto (“refined people, people of good repute”)

Adjective

bêm-fêto

  1. (with di) correct, proper, good
    upâ di bêm-fêto ― to give a proper beating

References
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