homem
Portuguese, noun/ˈõ.mẽj̃/
homem is spelled H-O-M-E-M (5 letters) and appears 372 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Homem is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “male (human of masculine gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa do sexo ou gênero masculino, geralmente, mas não exclusivamente, adulta”.
What does homem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemale (human of masculine gender)
- 2
masculineman (adult male human)
- 3
masculinea person; a human being
- 4
masculinemankind (the human race in its entirety)
O Homem conquistará o espaço.
- 5
masculineused to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment
Ainda não terminou, homem!
- 6
colloquialinformalmasculinemale lover
- 7
masculinea being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature
homem-aranha
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemanly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)
João não é muito homem; foge sempre às lutas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa do sexo ou gênero masculino, geralmente, mas não exclusivamente, adulta 2. macho da espécie humana 3. o ser humano 4. pessoa que ocupa cargo de confiança
noun: 1. sobrenome
noun: 1. uma das antonomásias de Jesus Cristo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of homem
- homens plural
- Homem alternative
- home alternative dialectal
- homẽe alternative obsolete
- homẽ alternative abbreviation obsolete
- hómi alternative pronunciation-spelling
- hômi alternative pronunciation-spelling
- ómi alternative pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homem?
- Brazil /ˈõ.mẽj̃/
- Brazil [ˈõ.mẽɪ̯̃]
- /ˈɔ.mẽj̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homem in Portuguese?
homem appears 372 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).