mãe — meaning in English

English meaning

• mother noun A female parent.
• parent noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.

Senses

mãe is used for these senses in English:

• mother A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
• mother The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
• parent The source or origin of something. [from 16th c.]

mother — full definition

1. noun A female parent.
2. noun The origin or source of something.
3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.

parent — full definition

1. noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
2. noun The source or origin from which something else derives.
3. verb To raise and care for a child.

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