mulher
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Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
mulher f (plural mulheres)
- Alternative form of muller
Further reading[edit]
Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese muller, moller (hence also Galician muller), from Latin mulierem (“woman; wife”), of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk; to milk). Cognate with Spanish mujer, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, and Romanian muiere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mulher f (plural mulheres)
- woman (adult female human)
- (with possessive pronoun, the preposition de, or in the vocative) wife (married woman)
- Minha mulher não está aqui.
- My wife isn’t here.
- A mulher do João não está aqui.
- John’s wife isn’t here.
- Mulher, vem cá.
- Come here, my wife.
- Synonym: esposa
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mulher.
Descendants[edit]
- Kabuverdianu: mudjér
Adjective[edit]
mulher m or f (plural mulheres)
- (derogatory, of a man) pansy; wimpy; effeminate
Derived terms[edit]
- mulheraça
- mulherão (augmentative), mulherona (augmentative), mulherzona (augmentative)
- mulherzinha (diminutive), mulherinha (diminutive), mulherita (diminutive), mulherzita (diminutive)
- mulher da vida
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
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- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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