homem

From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *omine, from Latin hominem, accusative of homō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔmeŋ/ [ˈɔ.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɔmeŋ
• Hyphenation: ho‧mem

homem m (plural homens, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of home

• “homem” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• home (dialectal)
• homẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
• ómi (eye dialect)
• hómi (eye dialect)
• hômi (eye dialect)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (“a human”), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“an earthling”).

• (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
• (dialectal Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mi/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -õmẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɔmɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: ho‧mem

homem m (plural homens)

1. male (human of masculine gender)
2. (specifically) man (adult male human)
3. a person; a human being
4. (uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)

   O homem conquistará o espaço.

   Mankind shall conquer space.

5. (vocative) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment

   Ainda não terminou, homem!

   You still haven’t finished it, man!

6. (colloquial, informal, with possessive pronoun) male lover
7. (in compounds, fiction) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature

   homem-aranha

   spiderman

   homem-lobo

   werewolf

• The H can be capitalized to emphasize the mankind sense.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.

• (mankind): humanidade
• (human male): cara (slang), varão
• (adult male human): varão
• (human being): humano, pessoa, ser humano
• (manly man): macho
• (addresses a male, implying impatience): homem de Deus

• (adult male human): adulto

• (human male): mulher

• como um só homem
• de homem para homem
• Deus homem
• homem ao mar!
• homem-bala
• homem das cavernas
• homem de Deus
• homem do mar
• homem do saco
• homem-peixe
• homem-sanduíche
• homenzarrão (augmentative), homenzão (augmentative), homão (augmentative)
• homenzinho (diminutive), hominho (diminutive)
• homúnculo

homem m or f (plural homens)

1. manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)

   Synonym: macho

   João não é muito homem; sempre foge às lutas.

   John isn’t very manly; he always runs away from fights.

   Seja homem e pule.

   Be a man and jump.

   Ele é mais homem que seus amigos.

   He is manlier than his friends.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:homem.