benfeito

See also: Benfeito

Galician

Alternative forms

• ben feito

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese benfeyto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnˈfejto/ [bɛɱˈfej.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejto

Adjective

benfeito (feminine benfeita, masculine plural benfeitos, feminine plural benfeitas)

1. handsome; slender
   • 1724, Luis de Losada, Mourning for death of king Luis:

     Pò la mañà ben cedo
     O nosso Rey Don Luis,
     Mais ledo, mais garrido,
     Qu'ò cravel, è ò jazmin:
     Tan lindo, tan benfeito
     Que posto cabe d'il,
     Adonis ê un probiño,
     Narciso vn aprendiz:

     Early in the morning
     our king Luís,
     more joyful, lusher,
     than carnation, than jasmine:
     so beauty, so handsome
     that by his side
     Adonis is but a poor thing,
     Narcissus an apprentice

Noun

benfeito m (plural benfeitos)

1. benefit
   • 1889, A Monteira, number 6, page 47:

     E nun peródico amerecano, El Noticiero Gallego, lemos: «Astra d'agora os nosos homes políticos perderon o tempo en discusiós moi lindas, prenuncians'oraciós subrimes i arrebatadoras; pro ¿qué benfeitos alcanzou o país? Ningún.»

     In an American periodical, The Galician Gazetteer, we read: "Until now our politicians have lost their time in beautiful debates; they pronounce discourses that are sublime and captivating; but, what are the benefits that the country has obtained? None.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “benfeito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “benfe.to”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ben fe.to”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “benfeito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “benfeito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “benfeito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bem-feito (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfej.tu/ [bẽˈfeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfej.tu/ [bẽˈfeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfej.to/ [bẽˈfeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈfe.tu/

• Hyphenation: ben‧fei‧to

Adjective

benfeito (feminine benfeita, masculine plural benfeitos, feminine plural benfeitas)

1. well-made