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mother



mãe
mãe


Definições

inglês > português
mother
     1. Substantivo. mãe
inglês > inglês
mother
     1. n. A (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant fema
           I am visiting my mother(a) today. — My sister-in-law has just become a mother.(b) — Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother(c) are conveyed to the fetus.
     2. n. A female parent of an animal.
           The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
     3. n. (figuratively) A female ancestor.
     4. n. (figuratively) A source or origin.
           The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
     5. n. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all).
     6. n. (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
           Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
     7. n. (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
     8. n. (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
     9. n. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
     10. n. The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
     11. n. (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
     12. v. (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
     13. v. To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
     14. n. A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid
           pieces of mother, adding mother to vinegar
     15. v. To cause to contain mother, , that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar.
           mothered oil / vinegar / wine
     16. v. (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
     17. n. (euphemistic, coarse, slang) Motherfucker.
     18. n. (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
     19. n. alternative form of moth-er
português > inglês
mãe
     1. n-f. mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child)
           (coord, pai)
     2. n-f. one's mother
           Mãe, a senhora viu meus óculos? - Mom, have you seen my glasses?
     3. n-f. (figurative) mother (source or origin)
           A Ibéria é a mãe da Era do Descobrimento. - Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery.
     4. n-f. (relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem)
           nave-mãe - mothership
           célula-mãe - stem cell
     5. n-f. lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages)

Pronúncia




Exemplos

Is your mother at home now?
    A sua mãe está em casa agora?
You look like your mother.
    Você se parece com a sua mãe.
This is my mother's restaurant.
    Este é o restaurante da minha mãe.
The baby was in a deep sleep in his mother's arms.
    O bebê estava em sono profundo nos braços de sua mãe
My mother is a very good cook.
    Minha mãe é uma cozinheira muito boa.



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