Bendigamos

Pronunciations

Bendigamos (behn-dee-GAH-mohs) listen

Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Do you say Bendigamos after you eat?"

  • "Bendigamos is a song sung by many different Sephardi communities, especially those whose lineage is traced to the Expulsion." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • bendigamos 'let us bless'

    • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

Notes


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