abondo
Enough: Abondo
Abondo means enough or plenty. It usually follows the word it refers to: Xa comín abondo (I have eaten enough), Temos tempo abondo (we have plenty of time).
How It Works
After a verb: never changes
Xa comín abondo (I have eaten enough), Traballas abondo (you work plenty). Here abondo is an adverb, like moito after a verb.
After a noun: agrees in the standard
With a noun, abondo usually comes after it. The RAG dictionary treats it as a quantity word with four forms, abondo, abonda, abondos, abondas: Temos tempo abondo, Ten anos abondos para decidir, Xa o vin veces abondas. In everyday speech the invariable form is also common after a noun (hai xente abondo), but in writing prefer the agreeing form (hai xente abonda).
Enough or plenty? Abondo can mean just enough or more than enough, depending on context: Non quero máis, xa comín abondo.
Related words
- dabondo: the same as the adverb, Xa falamos dabondo.
- abondar: to be enough, Abonda! (That is enough!)
- bastante: a common synonym.
For other quantity words, see quantity words.
Examples (5)
- Xa comín abondo, grazas.
I have eaten enough already, thanks.
After a verb, abondo never changes.
- Temos tempo abondo para ver o museo.
We have plenty of time to see the museum.
- Ten anos abondos para saber o que quere.
She is old enough to know what she wants.
Word by Word: She has years enough to know what she wants.
After a plural noun, abondos agrees with it.
- Xa vin esa película veces abondas.
I have already seen that film plenty of times.
Veces is feminine plural, so abondas.
- Non te preocupes, traballas abondo.
Do not worry, you work plenty.
Common Mistakes
Making abondo agree when it follows a verb.
Xa comemos abondos.Xa comemos abondo.After a verb, abondo is an adverb and does not change.
Putting abondo before the verb.
Xa abondo comín.Xa comín abondo.Abondo goes after the verb it refers to.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Abondo expresses sufficiency and has noun-modifying and adverbial uses.
Related Patterns
- moi / moitoMoi vs. Moito
Moito works the same way: invariable after a verb, agreeing before a noun.
Level 1 - unha chea de / un feixe deColloquial Quantity Expressions
Colloquial ways to say a lot, more than enough.
Level 4 - Adjective Agreement
How the agreeing forms abonda, abondos and abondas match the noun.
Level 1 - ben + AdjectiveBen as an Intensifier
Another word that expresses degree, meaning really or quite.
Level 4
Words in This Pattern
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