| mãe |
| 1. n-f. mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child) | |
| (coord, pai) | |
| 2. n-f. one's mother | |
| Mãe, a senhora viu meus óculos? - Mom, have you seen my glasses? | |
| 3. n-f. (figurative) mother (source or origin) | |
| A Ibéria é a mãe da Era do Descobrimento. - Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery. | |
| 4. n-f. (relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem) | |
| nave-mãe - mothership | |
| célula-mãe - stem cell | |
| 5. n-f. lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages) | |
