bem-vindo
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]- benvindo (common misspelling)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venītus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, bem (“well”) + vindo (“come”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]bem-vindo (feminine bem-vinda, masculine plural bem-vindos, feminine plural bem-vindas)
- welcome (whose arrival is a cause of joy)
Interjection
[edit]bem-vindo m (masculine plural bem-vindos, feminine singular bem-vinda, feminine plural bem-vindas)
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