ende ben

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ende ben (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [endeˈβɛŋ]

Adverb

ende ben

  1. fortunately, luckily
    Synonym: afortunadamente

Conjunction

ende ben

  1. fortunately, luckily
    Synonyms: afortunadamente, por sorte
    Antonym: ende mal

Interjection

ende ben

  1. (idiomatic) thank goodness
    Antonym: ende mal
    • 1820, anonymous author, Segunda tertulia na Quintana:
      Endebén: fólgome que estea alegre agora, pois cando saéu daquí, noas lebaba todas consigo.
      Thank goodness. I congratulate myself on he feeling merry now, because when he left here, he was not sure about the outcome.

References
  • “ende ben” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “endebén” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ende ben” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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