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tamén

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See also: tamen and tāmen

Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (as, so) +‎ ben (well).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈmen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: ta‧mén

Adverb

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tamén

  1. also, as well, too
    Antonym: tampocu
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      Limita tamén, por o Norti, con Salamanca, cumu o fain en tal orientación os términus de As Ellas, San Martín i Valverdi.
      It also borders Salamanca to the north, as do the localities of Eljas, San Martín and Valverde in that direction.

References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (as; so) + ben (well). Cognate with Portuguese também and Spanish también.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈmɛŋ/ [t̪aˈmɛ̃ŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧mén

Adverb

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tamén

  1. (dated) either; including
    • 1354, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijoo", page 199:
      toda a erdade que vos o dito Lopo Rodríguez teedes en Revoredo, que he ena freyguisía de San Miguel de Calvelle, tanben casas, árvores, cortinas, terreos,
      all the property that thou, the aforementioned Lopo Rodríguez, have in Reboredo, which is in the parish of Saint Michael of Calvelle, including houses, trees, gardens, plots
  2. also, too, as well
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Mais que po lo dito seja,
      que eu tamen quero brindar
      por todos desta maneyra.
      More for what have been said
      that I also want to toast
      for all in this way
    Eu tamén o quero!I want it too!
  3. even
    Ti tamén es parvo! Iso non se fai!You are (even) stupid! You shouldn't do that!
    Synonym: mesmo

References

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