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”)

Related terms

• bêm

Adjective

bêm-fêto

1. (with di) correct, proper, good

   upâ di bêm-fêto ― to give a proper beating

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm