Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Noun

homem m (plural homens)

1. (uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)

   O homem conquistará o espaço.‎

   Mankind shall conquer space.

2. male (human of masculine gender)
3. (specifically) man (adult male human)
4. a person; a human being
5. (vocative, sentence-final) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment

   Ainda não terminou, homem!‎

   You still haven’t finished it, man!

6. (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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:homem.

Synonyms

• (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

Hypernyms

• (adult male human): adulto

Coordinate terms

• (human male): mulher

Derived terms

• homenzinho, hominho, homúnculo (diminutives)
• homenzão, homão, homenzarrão (augmentatives)

Adjective

homem ‎(plural homens, comparable)

1. manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)

   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.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:homem.

Synonyms

• macho