bué
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Kimbundu mbuwe (“abundance”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: bu‧é
Adverb
[edit]bué (not comparable)
- (Angola, Portugal, colloquial) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly; very
- Synonym: muito
- 2013 February 13, Pedro Paulos, “Pergunta da Semana: Qual é o planeta mais próximo da Terra?”, in Vice[1]:
- Ah, esperem, Plutão já não existe. Ou seja, existe, mas não é um planeta. Em todo o caso, também está bué longe, tipo, a uns fantásticotriliões de quilómetros-luz, ou lá como se diz.
- "Ah, wait, Pluto doesn't exist anymore. Or rather, it exists, but it is not a planet. In any case, it's very far away, like trillions of light-kilometers away, or however you say it."
References
[edit]- ^ “bué”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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