| bem |
| 1. adv. well; accurately; competently | |
| Este filme foi muito bem produzido. - This film was produced very well. | |
| 2. adv. well; fairly; rather (to a significant degree) | |
| Ele entrou no hospital com uma ferida bem ruim. - He got into the hospital with a rather nasty wound. | |
| 3. adv. (familiar) very; really (to a high degree) | |
| Vai embora que eu estou bem bravo. - Go away ’cause I’m really angry. | |
| 4. adv. well; all right; fine; OK (healthy; not wounded or sick) | |
| Estou bem, podemos continuar. - I’m fine, we can go on. | |
| Ele não está bem da cabeça. - He’s not right in the head. | |
| 5. adv. well; all right; fine; OK (feeling good) | |
| Faz tempo que não a vejo. Ela está bem? - I haven’t seen her in a long time. Is she all right? | |
| 6. adv. fairly; justly (in a fair manner) | |
| O juiz fez bem em condená-los. - The judge acted fairly in convicting them. | |
| 7. adv. (Brazil) exactly; right on | |
| Chegaram bem na hora. - They arrived right on time. | |
| 8. interj. used to express approval | |
| 9. interj. well (used to introduce a new sentence, idea or line of thought) | |
| Bem, eu vou ficar aqui. - Well, I’m staying here. | |
| 10. n-m. (chiefly narratology) good (the ensemble of forces that conspire for good, as opposed to evil) | |
| Mais um conto sobre a luta do bem contra o mal. - Yet another tale about the fight between good and evil. | |
| 11. n-m. good; property (item that is owned by a person) | |
| Ele faliu e teve que vender quase todos os seus bens. - He went bankrupt and had to sell most of his goods. | |
| 12. n-m. (usually with a possessive pronoun) darling; dear (term of address for a loved one) | |
| Você vem conosco, meu bem? - Are you coming with us, my dear? | |
