# bebé
## Asturian
### Noun

bebé m (plural bebés)
* baby (very young human being)

#### Synonyms

* neñu

## Catalan
### Noun

bebé m (plural bebés)
* (Valencia) Alternative spelling of bebè

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈbe/ [beˈβ̞e]
* Rhymes: -e

### Noun

bebé m (plural bebés)
* baby
    Synonym: nené

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛbeː]
* Hyphenation: be‧bé
* Rhymes: -beː

### Noun

bebé (plural bebék)
* (music) double flat, the sign 𝄫
    Synonyms: kettős bé, dupla bé
    Hypernym: módosítójel
    Coordinate terms: bé, kereszt, kettős kereszt, feloldójel

#### Declension
## Old Tupi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *βeβe.
Cognate with Guaraní veve.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [β̞ɛˈβ̞ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: be‧bé

### Adjective

bebé (noun form bebé)
* flying (that can fly)
    apŷabebé ― angel (literally, “flying man”)

#### Derived terms

* Abarebebé
* apŷabebé
* gûarabebé
* karaibebé
* pirabebé
* îatyrãbebé

### Verb

bebé (first-person singular active indicative abebé, first-person singular negative active indicative n'abebéî, noun bebé) (intransitive)
* to fly
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Outra” (chapter LXXV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 173v, column 2, lines 13–16; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 325:Jeſu ereme mochi / ciquigeu onhanaupa / Tupã ci rera rẽdupa / obebe yandeçui[Jesu 'ereme moxy / sykyîéû onhana'upa / Tupã sy rera rendupa / obebé îandé suí]When he says “Jesus”, the evil ones run away in fear. Hearing the Mother of God's name, they fly away from us.
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 150v, column 2, lines 263–264; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 285:Jrô xejar abebe / co tata xeçoagoera[Irõ xe îar abebé / kó tatá xe soagûera]Here I am, my master, I flew. Here is the fire I went after.
** c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Na Aldeia de Guaraparim] [In the Village of Guaraparim]” (chapter LXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Guarapari, page 150, lines 183–187; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 284:Paranagoaçu raçapa / ibitiribo guibebebo / aço Tupi moangaipapa / ae re muru mõbapa / xeratape ceroiquebo[Paranãgûasu rasapa / ybytyrybo gûibebébo / asó tupi moangaîpapa / a'e ré muru mombapa / xe ratápe seroîkébo]Crossing the ocean, flying over the mountains, I went to make the Tupi sin, bringing them to my fire after that to kill the damned.

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: wewé

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “bebé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 80, columns 1–2

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* bebê (Brazil)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French bébé.

### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /bɛˈbɛ/ [bɛˈβɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: be‧bé

### Noun

bebé m or f by sense (plural bebés) (European Portuguese spelling)
* baby
    Synonym: (Brazil) neném

### References

* ↑ “bebé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “bebé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Saramaccan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese beber.

### Verb

bebé
* to drink

### References

* bebé in Languages of Suriname, SIL International, 2003-2007, Saramaccan-English Dictionary

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈbe/ [beˈβ̞e]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: be‧bé

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bébé.

#### Alternative forms

* bebe (dialectal)

#### Noun

bebé m or f (plural bebés)
* baby
    Synonyms: (Andes) guagua, nene, nena

##### Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:bebé.

##### Derived terms

* bebecita
* bebecito
* bebetón
* bebetona
* bebezona
* bebezota
* bebezote
* bebita
* bebito
* portabebés
* suave como el culito de un bebé

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bebé
* second-person singular voseo imperative of beber

### Further reading

* “bebé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10