Super-Homem

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • Super Homem, Superhomem (superseded)

Etymology

Calque of English Superman. By surface analysis, super- +‎ homem. In Brazil, displaced by Superman as DC Comics' official translation in the 1990's.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈõ.mẽj̃/ [ˌsu.peɾˈõ.mẽɪ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈo.mẽj̃/ [ˌsu.peɾˈo.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈɔ.mɐ̃j̃/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -õmẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɔmɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: Su‧per‧-Ho‧mem
  • Homophone: super-homem

Proper noun

Super-Homem m

  1. Superman (fictional comic-book superhero) [from 1938]
    Synonym: Superman
    • 1938 December 17, “O Superhomem” (chapter 1), in A Gazetinha Nova Phase, volume VI, number 445, São Paulo, page 5:
      O SUPER HOMEM! Defensor dos oprimidos, a maravilha fisica que havia jurado devotar sua existencia em auxiliar os necessitados.
      SUPERMAN! Defender of the oppressed, the physical wonder who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.
    • 1977, “Em Palpos de Aranha” (2:06 from the start), in Alhos com bugalhos, performed by Almôndegas, Pelotas: Philips:
      Moço, venha me ajudar / Seja você o Super-Homem / Kit Carson ou até mesmo Búfalo Bill
      Boy, come help me / Be you Superman / Kit Carson or even Buffalo Bill
    • 1981 September 18, Fábio Somarni, “Super-Juninho”, in Placar, number 592, São Paulo: Abril, page 47:
      É um pássaro? Um avião? Não, é o Super-Homem... Não, mas também não é o Super-Homem!
      It is a bird? An airplane? No, it's Superman... No, but it's not Superman either!
    • 2022 December 15, Amanda Capuano, “O motivo por trás da saída de Henry Cavill de ‘Super-Homem’”, in Veja‎, archived from the original on July 26, 2023:
      Henry Cavill anunciou na noite desta quarta-feira, 14, que não voltará a interpretar o Super-Homem no próximo filme do herói da DC.
      Henry Cavill announced on Wednesday night, the 14th, that he will not return to play Superman in the DC hero's next film.
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