pãe

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See also: pae, Pae, PAE, pa'e, and

Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of pai (father) +‎ mãe (mother).

Pronunciation

Noun

pãe m or f by sense (plural pães)

  1. (colloquial, neologism) a single parent who fulfills both parental roles to their child
    • 2017 October 18, Cris Vazquez, O abismo entre nós, Editora Moinhos, →ISBN:
      Colori o texto com o mundo infantil para ilustrar minha atual agenda, o escritor improdutivo que é pãe em tempo integral.
      I colored the text with a childlike world to illustrate my current schedule, the unproductive writer who is a full-time dad and mom.
    • 2020, Lize Borges Galvão, “MÃE SOLTEIRA NÃO. MÃE SOLO! CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE MATERNIDADE, CONJUGALIDADE E SOBRECARGA FEMININA”, in Revista Direito e Sexualidade, →DOI, →ISSN, page 22:
      O termo "pãe" é uma tentativa de criar uma palavra de gênero neutro para se referir a pai ou mães que desempenham sozinhos papéis parentais. O que implica na distorção acerca da sobrecarga de assumir unilateralmente as responsabilidades educativas e afetivas para com os filhos.
      The term "pãe" is an attempt to create a gender-neutral word referring to fathers or mothers who perform parental roles alone. This implies a distortion regarding the burden of unilaterally assuming educational and emotional responsibilities towards children.

Further reading

  • pãe”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 20062024